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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Guderian accept the new post offered to him after the occupation of the Sudetenland?
(a) The position gave him access to more resources.
(b) Honor and pride demanded he accept.
(c) Hitler insisted he accept.
(d) The position opened more options for promotion.

3. What major advantage did tanks have over artillery?
(a) They had more firepower.
(b) They could deliver firepower to specific targets.
(c) They required less support.
(d) They were easier to hide.

4. What achievement was Hitler astonished to discover when he visited the troops in Poland?
(a) The mobile infantry had suffered almost no losses.
(b) The tanks were effective against enemy infantry.
(c) The Polish soldiers wanted to join the German army.
(d) Tanks had destroyed whole Polish artillery positions.

5. How long did it take Guderian to reach the major strategic point of the Vistula River?
(a) One month.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two weeks.

6. Why was Guderian unable to press his attack into Dunkirk?
(a) The English had landed.
(b) The French were well fortified in this area.
(c) There was a lack of fuel and supplies.
(d) Hitler ordered a halt of ground advances in this area.

7. How many French troops surrendeedr to German forces after their defeat at Belfort?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

9. What was Guderian's father's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Politician.
(d) Military officer.

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

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

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

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

14. The Sudetenland was located within what nation?
(a) Poland.
(b) Luxemburg.
(c) Austria.
(d) Czeckoslovakia.

15. In 1928, Guderian was assigned to teach what military subject?
(a) Combined Arms.
(b) Tank warfare.
(c) Blitzkrieg.
(d) Trench warfare.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What agreement did Germany reach with Russia shortly before the invasion of Poland?

3. What was unusual about the mobile division organized by Guderian under General Lutz's command?

4. Why was Hitler so affected by his arrival in a particular Austrian city?

5. Panzer divisions did NOT include which of the following?

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