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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 (Chapters 1-5).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Were the French unaware of the possibility of an attack from the German right wing?
(a) Yes. It was inconceivable for them.
(b) No. They just didn’t care.
(c) No. They counted on it.
(d) Yes. They never saw it coming.

2. What country created Plan 17?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

3. What former U.S president was present at the funeral of Edward VII?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

4. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?
(a) That his French ancestry was a blight on his German pedigree.
(b) That France would side with Germany in a war with England.
(c) That the food was too cold for German palettes.
(d) That he did not appreciate the French. Not at all.

5. What was one of the two options the Germans had for fighting a Russian offensive split into two wings?
(a) Attack both wings at once.
(b) Split their own army into two wings.
(c) Attack one wing before the other.
(d) Try to get behind the Russian armies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many “prongs” would Russia have in its invasion of Germany (65)?

2. What humiliation in their past did the French want to avenge?

3. What set Bismarck apart from other German leaders?

4. What revolutionary way did Schlieffen find to get enough men for his plan?

5. What were Schlieffen’s last words about the right wing?

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