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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the end of Chapter 4, how many infantry divisions did Joffre think he could count on from England?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. What humiliation in their past did the French want to avenge?
(a) Their defeat at Waterloo.
(b) Their defeat at sea by the Germans.
(c) Their defeat at Sedan.
(d) Their defeat at Hastings.

3. What is the bigger a division or a corps?
(a) A division.
(b) They are two words for the same thing.
(c) A corps.
(d) They are made up of different kinds of soldiers and cannot be counted the same.

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

5. How many years had Belgium been independent?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Five hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. The German ultimatum to what country expired at noon on Saturday, August 1?

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

3. Why did German deputies not know that the Belgians had rejected their ultimatum?

4. The artful, indolent, pleasure-loving Sukhomlinov was the Minister of War for what country?

5. What took place at two minutes past eight on the morning of August 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the breakdown of German corps on their left, center, and right at the end of Chapter 2 (26) give the appearance of a sweeping hammer blow?

2. What is Grey’s speech before the House in Chapter 9 about and how was it received?

3. Who said this and what did they mean: ”Some Damned Foolish thing in the Balkans” (71)?

4. What did King Albert decide regarding calling for help from Britain and France at the end of Chapter 8?

5. What ultimatum did Germany send to Brussels?

6. How was the news of war received in France?

7. What was Plan 17?

8. Why did Britain and France create joint military plans in 1905 after Russia was defeated by the Japanese on the other side of the world?

9. In the beginning of Chapter 2 it is revealed that the alliances and counter-alliances of the various powers of Europe had created a “heap of swords piled as delicately as jackstraws” (18). How does this complex web of alliances help lead to the outbreak of war in 1914?

10. What was the day called Der Tag?

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