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

2. Why did the German General Staff believe that Britain belligerency would not affect the war?
(a) They wanted to prove themselves better than all other Europeans.
(b) They thought it would be over in four months.
(c) They expected to defeat the British at sea and keep them from reaching the mainland.
(d) They did not think the British could fight very well.

3. What was the elder Moltke found reading on mobilization day in 1870?
(a) Lady Audley’s Secret.
(b) The Great Illusion.
(c) The Lord of the Rings.
(d) Germany and the Next War.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the German ships were allowed to enter the Dardanelles, what was the order for the forts to do if British ships followed?

2. What was the gateway into Belgium from Germany?

3. When King Albert of Belgium rejected the German ultimatum, what did he think the consequences would be?

4. Who was the Home Secretary of Britain when the war began?

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

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