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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What resource in Czechoslovakia proved to be somewhat useful for Germany?
(a) Tank production.
(b) Manpower.
(c) Iron deposits.
(d) Oil.

4. What happened to von Fritsch, Blomberg, and Lutz at about the same time Guderian was promoted in 1938?
(a) They were tried for treason.
(b) They were demoted.
(c) They were also promoted.
(d) They defected.

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

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

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

8. Guderian's role in his new position centered around what?
(a) Logistics.
(b) Motorized transport.
(c) Amphibious assault.
(d) Air defense.

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

10. What command was Guderian given in the preparation for the invasion of Poland?
(a) The Combined Armored Corps.
(b) Army Group V.
(c) The SS "Viking" Panzer Division.
(d) The XIX Army Corps.

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

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

13. What company worked hard to produce huge and unusual tank designs?
(a) Krupp.
(b) Porsche.
(c) Mercedes-Benz.
(d) I.G. Farben.

14. What city did Guderian plan to capture in the first 6 days of the invasion of Russia?
(a) Leningrad.
(b) Minsk.
(c) Kursk.
(d) Stalingrad.

15. Field Marshal Manstein advocated a strategy that would center on an invasion of Belgium and what other nation?
(a) Luxemburg.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) The Netherlands.
(d) Denmark.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Germany expect the invasion of Russia to take?

2. What river was Brest-Litovsk located on?

3. What does Guderian thank Hitler for after the incorporation of the Sudetenmand into Germany?

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

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

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