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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 one precaution the German commanders did not plan for?
(a) Supplies.
(b) Train traffic.
(c) Flexibility.
(d) Rest.

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

3. What did Moltke mean when he said “The deployment of men cannot be improvised.”? (79)
(a) That the Kaiser needed to stop whining.
(b) That the Kaiser needed to take an improv class.
(c) That the Kaiser could not stop things that were now in motion.
(d) That the Kaiser could not play war games.

4. What was the prime objective that governed French policy?
(a) To enter the war allied to England.
(b) To win the war with Plan 17.
(c) To avenge their defeat at Sedan in 1870.
(d) To win the war whatever the cost.

5. What was the only country in Europe that did not have conscription?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Britain.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the old Field Marshal Moltke think the next war could last?

2. When King Albert of Belgium rejected the German ultimatum, what did he think the consequences would be?

3. What does King Albert decide to try after Germany refuses to respond to formal messages to prevent a war?

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

5. What was the possibility of the appearance of the German Fleet in the English Channel in the beginning of Chapter 9 compared to?

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