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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 part of the French uniform did the former War Minister M. Etienne refuse to give up?
(a) The red trousers.
(b) The white socks.
(c) The blue uniform.
(d) The red kepi.

2. What is the bigger a division or a corps?
(a) A division.
(b) A corps.
(c) They are made up of different kinds of soldiers and cannot be counted the same.
(d) They are two words for the same thing.

3. What event took place two hours after Grey finished speaking to the House of Commons in Chapter 9?
(a) Belgium declared war on Britain.
(b) France declared war on Germany.
(c) Germany declared war on France.
(d) Russia declared war on Austria.

4. Why did the French insist that Russia attack by the 15th day of war, regardless of its readiness?
(a) They knew Britain would join them if the Russians did.
(b) They wanted Germany to be forced to fight on two fronts.
(c) They knew Russia would utterly defeat the Germans.
(d) They wanted Germany to leave them alone.

5. How many years had Belgium been independent?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Five hundred.
(d) Seventy-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Grey sent telegrams asking for a confirmation of Belgian neutrality, who responded within an hour?

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

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

4. What did Foch say was the first condition of victory?

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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