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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. Why did German deputies not know that the Belgians had rejected their ultimatum?
(a) Because it had not been sent yet.
(b) Because they did not read the newspapers.
(c) Because they did not care about it.
(d) Because the German leadership did not publish the response.

2. What state were the Belgian troops in when war was declared?
(a) They were conscripted, and had gone home for the winter.
(b) They were ill-disciplined and untidy.
(c) They were a model of discipline and honor.
(d) They were average, able to keep up with the Germans and French.

3. How many corps did the German army have?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

4. What order did the First Lord Churchill give when he heard of events in Austria in Chapter 7?
(a) For the German fleet to attack the British fleet.
(b) For the British fleet to attack the German fleet.
(c) For the British fleet not to disperse.
(d) For the British fleet to hide in port.

5. What was in the large, red dispatch box brought in to the British government leaders at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) A pamphlet of German war propaganda.
(b) A demand for support from the French.
(c) A thick booklet containing an ultimatum from Germany.
(d) A paper saying that Germany had declared war on Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these was not one of the three military minds that thought the war would last years, not months?

2. What took place at two minutes past eight on the morning of August 4?

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

4. 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)?

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

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