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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Grey sent telegrams asking for a confirmation of Belgian neutrality, who responded within an hour?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) Italy.

2. Instead of a double envelopment of France’s armies, what did Schlieffen settle on?
(a) A heavily one-sided right wing.
(b) An attack through the center.
(c) A heavily one-sided left wing.
(d) An attack from the rear.

3. What was the one precaution the German commanders did not plan for?
(a) Rest.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Train traffic.
(d) Flexibility.

4. What set Bismarck apart from other German leaders?
(a) He was the most academic of them all.
(b) He was a champion when others were afraid.
(c) He was a war hero with scars, while everyone else was spoiled aristocracy.
(d) He had clear goals while others did not know what they wanted.

5. If Schlieffen wanted to be bold in his plans, what did Moltke want to do?
(a) Be fearful.
(b) Not be too bold.
(c) Be even bolder.
(d) Be reckless.

6. Why did German deputies not know that the Belgians had rejected their ultimatum?
(a) Because the German leadership did not publish the response.
(b) Because they did not read the newspapers.
(c) Because it had not been sent yet.
(d) Because they did not care about it.

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

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

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

10. What was the elder Moltke found reading on mobilization day in 1870?
(a) The Great Illusion.
(b) Lady Audley’s Secret.
(c) The Lord of the Rings.
(d) Germany and the Next War.

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

12. What was the prime objective that governed French policy?
(a) To win the war with Plan 17.
(b) To win the war whatever the cost.
(c) To enter the war allied to England.
(d) To avenge their defeat at Sedan in 1870.

13. How long did the old Field Marshal Moltke think the next war could last?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 weeks.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 3 years.

14. What country was Bethmann referring to when he said, “it was like striking a man from behind while he was fighting for his life against two assailants” (129)
(a) Belgium.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

15. What did Kaiser William II mean when he said, “If only someone had told me beforehand that England would take up arms against us!” (120)?
(a) That he never even considered the possibility.
(b) That the Germans did not think England would join France in the war.
(c) That the English lied to him.
(d) That he saw England as an extension of the Russian war effort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was “an unimportant obstacle” (18) to Schlieffen, along with the River Pregel?

2. How did Clausewitz claim one could win public opinion?

3. Why did the French insist that Russia attack by the 15th day of war, regardless of its readiness?

4. What did Italy decide to do “with the clarity of insight possessed by the Latin intellect”?

5. What event took place two hours after Grey finished speaking to the House of Commons in Chapter 9?

(see the answer keys)

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