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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (Chapters 20-Afterword).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did France order a ten-kilometer withdrawal from its frontier on July 30?
(a) To make sure desertion rates stayed low.
(b) To ensure that the soldiers didn’t get too comfortable close to German lines.
(c) To try to get Belgium to join with them.
(d) To ensure that the blame of starting the war would be on Germany.

2. When the voyage of the Goeben and Breslau ultimately shut off Russian access from the Black Sea, how much did Russian exports drop?
(a) 89%.
(b) 84%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 98%.

3. What did Kitchener decide he must do to help the situation of the BEF in France?
(a) He must resign and wash his hands of the whole business.
(b) He must go to France himself.
(c) He must get some sleep to help him make better decisions.
(d) He must give Sir John French a telephone call.

4. What famous location lay between Mons and Brussels?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) The Ardennes.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

5. How did general Joffre want to treat the Belgian army?
(a) Simply as a wing of the French Army.
(b) As an enemy.
(c) As a strong and independent ally.
(d) As part of the British army.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Cabinet in Britain divided from what event in Britain’s past?

2. Some of Russia’s deficiencies in war had been exposed in its war with what country less than a decade before World War I?

3. What made Hindenburg stand out as a candidate to replace Prittwitz as Commander of the German Eighth Army?

4. As the Prittwitz continued to remain committed to a German retreat, what did Moltke finally do?

5. Who was the Home Secretary of Britain when the war began?

(see the answer key)

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