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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chap. 7- On Inactive Service; Chap. 8- The Development of the Armed Forces.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Shlieffen Plan proposed an advance that was strongest where?
(a) The center.
(b) The defended rivers.
(c) The right flank.
(d) The left flank.

2. What did General von Kleist order, causing Guderian to threaten to resign?
(a) Guderian must give up his command.
(b) Guderian must halt his advance.
(c) Guderian must retreat.
(d) Guderian must use tanks only in a support role.

3. Why was Guderian unable to press his attack into Dunkirk?
(a) There was a lack of fuel and supplies.
(b) The English had landed.
(c) The French were well fortified in this area.
(d) Hitler ordered a halt of ground advances in this area.

4. What difficulty did Guderian face in attempting to cross the Narev River?
(a) Intense artillery shelling.
(b) Minefields.
(c) A shortage of bridging equipment.
(d) Fierce Polish resistance.

5. Where did Guderian see and drive his first tank?
(a) Austria.
(b) Denmark.
(c) England.
(d) Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first major action taken by Guderian against Brest-Litovosk?

2. What river was Brest-Litovsk located on?

3. At what Russian city did Germany suffer a serious setback in 1943?

4. Guderian suggested a plan for the Western campaign that had what characteristic?

5. When was the Sudetenland incorporated into Germany?

(see the answer key)

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