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

2. What took place at two minutes past eight on the morning of August 4?
(a) The French assured Britain to respect Belgian neutrality.
(b) The British sent their ultimatum to Germany.
(c) The German ultimatum to Belgium was rejected.
(d) The Germans crossed the Belgian border.

3. On August 24, after days of terrible news of the disaster of Plan 17, what did Joffre finally tell Messimy?
(a) That it is the fault of the British that everything went wrong.
(b) That the French must go on the defensive.
(c) That he would lose his coat before admitting defeat.
(d) That the French must still continue to attack, whatever the cost.

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

5. When Grey sent telegrams asking for a confirmation of Belgian neutrality, who responded within an hour?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives had Sukhomlinov had?

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

3. Why did Brussels go “mad with excitement” in Chapter 11 (176)?

4. What did Sukhomlinov belive was superior to the bullet?

5. How many German trains were “each exquisitely scheduled to click over specified tracks at specified intervals of ten minutes” (79)

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