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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Samsonov do after losing his army in battle at Tannenberg?
2. How did each German regiment’s field kitchen keep up while on the march?
3. The Germans put the number of victims in the massacre at Andenne at 110 people. What was the Belgian number?
4. What did the Russian soldiers do when they saw an airplane, regardless of whose side it was on?
5. What did Ludendorff hear from Colonel Tappen that astonished him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did OHL offer to send Ludendorff three corps from the Western Front?
2. After the Battle of the Frontiers, with the Allies in retreat, what part of the German line attacked through Belgium and France, and what farm implement is their attack compared to?
3. Explain the relationship between Ludendorff and Hindenburg, as well as the phrase “‘Was sagst du?’ (What do you say?)” (284).
4. How did the German fleet of the Goeben and Breslau, sold to the Turks but still commanded by the German Admiral Souchon, provoke Germany's enemies and drag Turkey into the war?
5. Why was Rennenkamampf’s line “You can take off your clothes now; the Germans are retiring” (276) in Chapter 15 criticized afterward?
6. What effect did the Germans’ harsh treatment of civilians and non-military personnel have on the two sides and the war in general?
7. Why was it said in the beginning of Chapter 10, regarding the German fleet of the Goeben and the Breslau, that “No other single exploit of the war cast so long a shadow upon the world as the voyage accomplished by their commander during the next seven days”?
8. What did the two telegrams intercepted by German command in the beginning of Chapter 16 say, and what decision did it help the Germans make?
9. Explain how General Joffre came across as a commander, particularly based on the description from Chapter 11 (184).
10. Why was Wavre in flames when Ludendorff drove by it, whereas just a day before it had been a peaceful town? Why is this important to the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze why Russia “exercised a spell upon Europe” (56) that was in many ways contradictory to its actual power and situation.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the statement “Instantly converted from Marx to Mars” (74) at the beginning of Chapter 6.
Essay Topic 3
Describe in your own words the appearance of the waves of field gray uniforms and the general scene of the initial entrance of the German armies into Belgium from Chapter 11.
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