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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. When the British fleet is sent to the safety of its war base, Churchill says what is a “nightmare gone forever” (93)?
(a) An attack by the German navy.
(b) A surprise torpedo attack.
(c) Running out of coal for the ships.
(d) A storm at sea.

2. What was a traditional companion of war for the Russians that was prohibited during the invasion of Germany?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Weekends off.
(c) Warm meals.
(d) Sick leave.

3. Though Ludendorff was important in the planning, who was the public face of the German victory at Tannenberg?
(a) Kaiser William II.
(b) The Crown Prince.
(c) Von Kluck.
(d) Hindenberg.

4. What did the German navy eventually resort to as a belated effort to break the British naval blockade?
(a) A desperate attack by sea.
(b) The use of U-boats.
(c) The use of their main fleet.
(d) Declaring the sea a neutral zone for all nations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Russian pessimists think the war would last, causing them to be labeled “defeatists”? (119)

2. What is the bigger a division or a corps?

3. At one point during the reatreat, when Lanrezac was convinced that Joffre’s plan was a bad one, he refused to move without what?

4. How many years had Belgium been independent?

5. What made Hindenburg stand out as a candidate to replace Prittwitz as Commander of the German Eighth Army?

(see the answer key)

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