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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (Chapter 6-9).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the elder Moltke found reading on mobilization day in 1870?
(a) The Great Illusion.
(b) Germany and the Next War.
(c) Lady Audley’s Secret.
(d) The Lord of the Rings.

2. How did Clausewitz claim one could win public opinion?
(a) By outspending your opponents.
(b) By giving the people what they want.
(c) By outsmarting your opponents.
(d) By gaining victories and the enemy’s capital.

3. How many weeks did the Germans estimate Russia would need to mobilize its armies?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Five weeks.

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

5. What did the wave of financial panic shut down in London?
(a) The Stock Exchange.
(b) The Royal Treasury.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) The Parliament.

Short Answer Questions

1. What humiliation in their past did the French want to avenge?

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

3. What former U.S president was present at the funeral of Edward VII?

4. Instead of a double envelopment of France’s armies, what did Schlieffen settle on?

5. What country created Plan 17?

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