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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (Chapters 10-14).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the wave of financial panic shut down in London?
(a) The Parliament.
(b) The Stock Exchange.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) The Royal Treasury.

2. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?
(a) That his French ancestry was a blight on his German pedigree.
(b) That he did not appreciate the French. Not at all.
(c) That France would side with Germany in a war with England.
(d) That the food was too cold for German palettes.

3. The Cabinet in Britain divided from what event in Britain’s past?
(a) The defeat at Sedan.
(b) Hannibal’s victory at Cannae.
(c) The escape at Dunkirk.
(d) The Boer War.

4. 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) Germany.
(b) Belgium.
(c) France.
(d) England.

5. How many German trains were “each exquisitely scheduled to click over specified tracks at specified intervals of ten minutes” (79)
(a) 10,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 11,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Right from the first day of invasion the Germans shot both Belgian civilians and who else?

2. In spite of reports of disaster and defeat, both Wilson and Joffre continued to plan on what strategy as Chapter 14 draws to a close?

3. Schlieffen’s plan was derived from what ancient general at what ancient battle?

4. The German Prince Rupprecht argued that what was the best way he could keep as many French troops as possible occupied?

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

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