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

2. When the voyage of the Goeben and Breslau ultimately shut off Russian access from the Black Sea, how much did Russian exports drop?
(a) 90%.
(b) 98%.
(c) 89%.
(d) 84%.

3. Were the French unaware of the possibility of an attack from the German right wing?
(a) Yes. It was inconceivable for them.
(b) Yes. They never saw it coming.
(c) No. They counted on it.
(d) No. They just didn’t care.

4. While the German ships in Chapter 10 sailed through the night, dogged by a British ship, what did their inferior coal do?
(a) Polluted the air more than any other ship for a hundred miles around.
(b) Caused a fire in the ship’s engines.
(c) Burned clean because of the German’s superior engines.
(d) Blotched the moonlit sky with black clouds.

5. What did Kaiser William II mean when he said, “If only someone had told me beforehand that England would take up arms against us!” (120)?
(a) That the Germans did not think England would join France in the war.
(b) That the English lied to him.
(c) That he never even considered the possibility.
(d) That he saw England as an extension of the Russian war effort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a General Staff artillery officer in the French army referring to when he said, “Thank God we don’t have any!” (207)?

2. What was the gateway into Belgium from Germany?

3. The German army used against France was six times bigger in 1914 than it had been in 1870. How big was it?

4. The Cabinet in Britain divided from what event in Britain’s past?

5. What battle did the British participate in on August 23?

(see the answer key)

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