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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (Chapter 6-9).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the French uniform did the former War Minister M. Etienne refuse to give up?
(a) The red trousers.
(b) The white socks.
(c) The blue uniform.
(d) The red kepi.

2. Why did the German General Staff believe that Britain belligerency would not affect the war?
(a) They wanted to prove themselves better than all other Europeans.
(b) They thought it would be over in four months.
(c) They did not think the British could fight very well.
(d) They expected to defeat the British at sea and keep them from reaching the mainland.

3. The German fear of what did not run as deep as their commitment to Socialism?
(a) Their fear of French superiority.
(b) Their fear of English influence.
(c) Their fear of the Slavic hordes.
(d) Their fear of Belgian resistance.

4. Some of Russia’s deficiencies in war had been exposed in its war with what country less than a decade before World War I?
(a) The Chinese.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Vietcong.
(d) The Japanese.

5. How many wives had Sukhomlinov had?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was in the large, red dispatch box brought in to the British government leaders at the end of Chapter 7?

2. What former U.S president was present at the funeral of Edward VII?

3. What instrument was played at King Edward VII’s funeral?

4. Why did the Belgians not have any heavy artillery?

5. What country created Plan 17?

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