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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. Schlieffen’s plan was derived from what ancient general at what ancient battle?
(a) Scipio at Cannae.
(b) Hannibal at Lake Trasimene.
(c) Hannibal at Cannae.
(d) Scipio at Zama.

2. How many “prongs” would Russia have in its invasion of Germany (65)?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. What was “an unimportant obstacle” (18) to Schlieffen, along with the River Pregel?
(a) The Rhine River in Germany.
(b) Belgian neutrality.
(c) War with France.
(d) The road home.

4. What was the only country in Europe that did not have conscription?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Britain.

5. The doctrine of the offensive in France created even further disdain of what part of the military?
(a) The tanks.
(b) The reserves.
(c) The cavalry.
(d) The infantry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the book The Great Illusion try to prove?

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

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

4. What is the bigger a division or a corps?

5. Which of these was a chapter title from the book Germany and the Next War?

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