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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (Chapters 15-19).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tuchman say “cast a long shadow upon the world” (137)?
(a) The British ultimatum to Germany.
(b) The German ultimatum to the Belgians.
(c) The voyage of the Goeben and the Breslau.
(d) The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.

3. How did Clausewitz claim one could win public opinion?
(a) By gaining victories and the enemy’s capital.
(b) By outspending your opponents.
(c) By giving the people what they want.
(d) By outsmarting your opponents.

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

5. What preparations had the Russians made specifically regarding their promise to help the French?
(a) None. They had to improvise.
(b) Very little. They had not had much time.
(c) A decent amount, but there was much still to do.
(d) Everything. They were ready like a well-oiled machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous location lay between Mons and Brussels?

2. What order did the First Lord Churchill give when he heard of events in Austria in Chapter 7?

3. What did the German navy eventually resort to as a belated effort to break the British naval blockade?

4. What signal let loose “the irresistible onrush of events” that led to war?

5. How many wives had Sukhomlinov had?

(see the answer key)

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