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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. How did each German regiment’s field kitchen keep up while on the march?
(a) The cooks were driven ahead and then prepared food for the soldiers where they would end their march.
(b) They were on wheels, set up right in moving wagons.
(c) The cooks prepared the food on horseback.
(d) They were in the back of moving vans.

2. Why did Brussels go “mad with excitement” in Chapter 11 (176)?
(a) They had received news of their army repulsing the German attack the day before.
(b) They had heard that war was declared on Germany.
(c) The city held a war rally.
(d) They had received news of the German army’s surrender.

3. After a day of fierce fighting, the British withdrew from Mons. What did the Germans do?
(a) They withdrew as well.
(b) They pursued their enemies, but wearily.
(c) They were hurt from the days fighting and did not seriously pursue their enemies.
(d) They pursued their enemies with great energy.

4. What did Lloyd George think that the boom of Big Ben sounded like?
(a) Soon, soon, soon.
(b) A clock striking 11 P.M.
(c) Gloom, gloom, gloom.
(d) Doom, doom, doom.

5. On what day was Brussels occupied by the Germans?
(a) August 12.
(b) August 20.
(c) August 24.
(d) September 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the possibility of the appearance of the German Fleet in the English Channel in the beginning of Chapter 9 compared to?

2. On the morning of the Battle of Mons, Sir John French estimated the German forces they were about to fight at one or two army corps plus cavalry. How large was it really?

3. Russia was so alarmed at the German ship Goeben arriving in Turkish waters, that it was even willing to give up its claim to what to keep the peace?

4. What did Moltke mean when he said “The deployment of men cannot be improvised.”? (79)

5. How many years had Belgium been independent?

(see the answer key)

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