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

2. Schlieffen’s plan was derived from what ancient general at what ancient battle?
(a) Hannibal at Lake Trasimene.
(b) Hannibal at Cannae.
(c) Scipio at Cannae.
(d) Scipio at Zama.

3. What was “an unimportant obstacle” (18) to Schlieffen, along with the River Pregel?
(a) Belgian neutrality.
(b) The Rhine River in Germany.
(c) The road home.
(d) War with France.

4. What did Admiral Milne not think of as a destination for the German fleet he was hunting?
(a) The Adriatic Sea.
(b) London.
(c) The Black Sea.
(d) The Dardanelles.

5. What battle did the British participate in on August 23?
(a) The Battle of the Frontiers.
(b) The War of the Roses.
(c) The Siege of Liege.
(d) The Battle of Mons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years had Belgium been independent?

2. The British were defeated at Mons. How did the British remember the battle, though?

3. 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?

4. Why did German deputies not know that the Belgians had rejected their ultimatum?

5. What set Bismarck apart from other German leaders?

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