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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 book The Great Illusion try to prove?
(a) That war made you strong.
(b) That war was a human necessity.
(c) That war was inconvenient.
(d) That war had become vain.

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

3. Why did France order a ten-kilometer withdrawal from its frontier on July 30?
(a) To make sure desertion rates stayed low.
(b) To ensure that the blame of starting the war would be on Germany.
(c) To try to get Belgium to join with them.
(d) To ensure that the soldiers didn’t get too comfortable close to German lines.

4. In the end of Chapter 4, how many infantry divisions did Joffre think he could count on from England?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

5. What country created Plan 17?
(a) Russia.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men did Russia have available for military service?

2. How many weeks did the Germans estimate Russia would need to mobilize its armies?

3. Whose funeral sets the scene in Chapter 1?

4. What was the gateway into Belgium from Germany?

5. What took place at two minutes past eight on the morning of August 4?

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