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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Germany annex the remainder of Czechoslovakia?
(a) May 1939.
(b) September 1939.
(c) November 1938.
(d) December 1938.

2. What river was Brest-Litovsk located on?
(a) River Brahe.
(b) The Vistula.
(c) The Odra River.
(d) The Bug River.

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

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

5. What was the diplomatic result of Germany's invasion of Poland?
(a) England and France promised to protect other European countries.
(b) England and France declared war on Germany.
(c) Russia declared war on both Poland and Germany.
(d) The United States entered the war.

6. Why did Guderian believe the French wanted to avoid real fighting?
(a) They did not attack while Germany invaded Poland.
(b) They were traditionally averse to conflict.
(c) They were dug in and defending.
(d) They lacked of offensive weapons.

7. After the occupation of the Sudetenland, tension with which major nation grew?
(a) The United Kingdom.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) The United States.

8. What unit was Guderian given command over for the march on Austria?
(a) The 84th Infantry Division.
(b) The 1st Fallshirmjager Division.
(c) The 9th Sicherungs Divisions.
(d) The 2nd Panzer Division.

9. How many Panzer divisions were formed by 1935?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

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

11. Germany's first experimental medium tanks had guns with what diameter of bore?
(a) 25mm.
(b) 150mm
(c) 75mm.
(d) 200mm

12. What rank did Guderian achieve in 1938?
(a) General.
(b) Field Marshal.
(c) Major General.
(d) Lieutenant General.

13. What year did Hitler come into power in Germany?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1933.

14. What post was Guderian offered after the occupation of the Sudetenland?
(a) Mobile Operations Commisar.
(b) General of the Mobile Command.
(c) East Army Commandant.
(d) General of the Panzer Armies.

15. What type of vehicle was the Tiger?
(a) A tank-destroyer.
(b) An armored personnel carrier.
(c) A light tank.
(d) A heavy tank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Guderian unable to press his attack into Dunkirk?

2. Why was Guderian gratified to reach Kulm?

3. The German Reichstag was equivalent to which of the following?

4. In 1928, Guderian was assigned to teach what military subject?

5. When did the "Breakthrough to the Channel" begin?

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