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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendices I- XXV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what branch was Guderian called to serve in 1921?
(a) The Home Front.
(b) The General Staff.
(c) The Air Ministry.
(d) The Mechanized Army.

2. What was the first city that Guderian attacked in France?
(a) Metz.
(b) Bouillon.
(c) Strasbourg.
(d) Chaumont.

3. Where did Rommel believe the Allies would make their major amphibious invasion?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) The mouth of the Somme.
(c) Brest.
(d) Brittany.

4. Guderian became an instructor on what subjects?
(a) Supply and logistics.
(b) Military history and mobile warfare.
(c) Command, intelligence, and control.
(d) Land doctrine and air support.

5. Why did Hitler feel it was reasonable to occupy the Sudetenland?
(a) There was a large German population there.
(b) The region was home to failed states.
(c) The current ruler was an internationally unloved dictator.
(d) The occupation would require little violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Guderian's story about the Court of Honor, what happened to the soldier, which gave the other soldier the chance to kill himself?

2. How did the first waves of the 10th Panzer Division cross the Meuse River?

3. Guderian described Hitler as being prone to panic in what situations?

4. In operation Barbarossa, what two major cities did Hitler expect to occupy?

5. Why did Guderian believe the French wanted to avoid real fighting?

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