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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. After a day of fierce fighting, the British withdrew from Mons. What did the Germans do?
(a) They were hurt from the days fighting and did not seriously pursue their enemies.
(b) They pursued their enemies, but wearily.
(c) They withdrew as well.
(d) They pursued their enemies with great energy.

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

3. The British were defeated at Mons. How did the British remember the battle, though?
(a) As a battle of savage ferocity and barbaric violence.
(b) As an utter victory.
(c) As a crushing disaster.
(d) As a battle of desperate and legendary greatness.

4. What did Moltke mean when he said “The deployment of men cannot be improvised.”? (79)
(a) That the Kaiser could not stop things that were now in motion.
(b) That the Kaiser needed to stop whining.
(c) That the Kaiser needed to take an improv class.
(d) That the Kaiser could not play war games.

5. Who had the superiority of numbers in the fighting in the Ardennes that took place in Chapter 14?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The French.
(c) The local guerrilla force called the Army of the Ardennes.
(d) The British.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives had Sukhomlinov had?

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

3. On August 24, after days of terrible news of the disaster of Plan 17, what did Joffre finally tell Messimy?

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

5. Who was the ninth king attending Edward VII’s funeral whom “few observers had eyes for” (3)?

(see the answer key)

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