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

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

3. 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) 11,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

5. Why did the Belgians not have any heavy artillery?
(a) The Russian company hired to make it had requisitioned it for war.
(b) The Austrian company hired to make it had botched the job.
(c) The Belgians had scoffed at the idea of heavy artillery.
(d) The German company hired to make it had delayed deliveries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moltke mean when he said “The deployment of men cannot be improvised.”? (79)

2. If Schlieffen wanted to be bold in his plans, what did Moltke want to do?

3. What signal let loose “the irresistible onrush of events” that led to war?

4. The German ultimatum to what country expired at noon on Saturday, August 1?

5. Which of these was a chapter title from the book Germany and the Next War?

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