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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Luftwaffe?
(a) The doctrine of penetrating attacks.
(b) The German Air Force.
(c) German paratroopers.
(d) The term for German armored units.

2. Why did Guderian have difficulty in gaining what he sought while on inactive service?
(a) His lack of noble breeding.
(b) His lack of political connections.
(c) Hitler's totalitarian dictatorship.
(d) Von Kluge's influence in the General Staff.

3. When was the attack against Poland initiated?
(a) August 12th.
(b) December 7th.
(c) September 1st.
(d) July 3rd.

4. What caused problems in the repair and maintenance of tanks in 1943?
(a) Lack of trained personnel.
(b) Constant modifications to tank designs.
(c) Lack of strategic resources.
(d) Allied bombing.

5. At the time of Germany's invasion of Russia, how many tanks were produced yearly in Germany?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 250.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 1,000.

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

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

8. What date was the offensive against Brest-Litovsk initiated?
(a) December 1st.
(b) November 5th.
(c) September 1st.
(d) September 8th.

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

10. Guderian suggested a plan for the Western campaign that had what characteristic?
(a) Close air and ground support.
(b) Penetration without regard to flanks.
(c) Attacks from multiple fronts.
(d) Mobile fronts and supply lines.

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

12. How many children did Guderian have?
(a) Two sons.
(b) Two sons and a daughter.
(c) Three daughters.
(d) A son and a daughter.

13. What prevented Guderian from taking advantage of his right to choose property in Germany?
(a) He was not liked at home.
(b) He was seriously ill.
(c) He had too many political enemies.
(d) He could not get to Berlin.

14. How were the Germans met in the Sudetenland?
(a) With flowers.
(b) With suspicion.
(c) With token hostile resistance.
(d) As occupying foreigners.

15. How are the fortresses at Belfort reduced and captured?
(a) By using nerve gas.
(b) By direct assault by tanks.
(c) By sending in infantry covered by an artillery bombardment.
(d) By siege.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Guderian, what was one of the problems the Tiger faced in its early introduction into the war?

2. What conference led to the incorporation of the Sudetenland into Germany?

3. Why was Guderian removed from his command by von Kluge?

4. Guderian's role in his new position centered around what?

5. What disadvantage did the Russians face in their defense of the region around Smolensk?

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