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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 Tiger?
(a) An armored personnel carrier.
(b) A heavy tank.
(c) A tank-destroyer.
(d) A light tank.

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

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

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

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

6. What was the state of strategic thinking about the use of tanks in the German high command as of 1938?
(a) They were not accepted as effective weapons.
(b) There was complete agreement about their use.
(c) There was still disagreement about their use.
(d) They had become the center of the German military.

7. What conference led to the incorporation of the Sudetenland into Germany?
(a) The Salzburg Conference.
(b) The Vienna Accord.
(c) The Berlin Diet.
(d) The Munich Conference.

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

9. What did Guderian seek while on inactive service?
(a) A review.
(b) An honorable discharge.
(c) An apology.
(d) A courtmartial of von Kluge.

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

11. 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 lacked of offensive weapons.
(d) They were dug in and defending.

12. Hitler's arrival in what Austrian city affected him deeply?
(a) Graz.
(b) Linz.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Salzburg.

13. Panzer divisions did NOT include which of the following?
(a) Anti-tank weapons.
(b) Tanks.
(c) Mobile anti-air vehicles.
(d) Motorized infantry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Guderian have difficulty in gaining what he sought while on inactive service?

2. When was the attack against Poland initiated?

3. What happened to the Austrian army after the successful German march on that nation?

4. What Russian city did the German Army General Staff still hope that Guderian could take as late as November of 1941?

5. What prevented Guderian from taking advantage of his right to choose property in Germany?

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