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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (Chapters 20-Afterword).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose funeral sets the scene in Chapter 1?
(a) William of Orange.
(b) William II of Germany.
(c) King Albert of Belgium.
(d) Edward VII of England.

2. What nickname did the British soldiers come up with for French general Franchet d’Esperey?
(a) Waldo.
(b) The Angel of Mons.
(c) Desperate Frankey.
(d) Frantic Frankey.

3. What analogy did Mr. Britling use regarding the discouraging news of how things are going with the British Expeditionary Force?
(a) As if he had gone to swing his hammer at a stone and missed.
(b) As if David had flung his pebble and missed.
(c) As if Paul Bunyan had swung at the tree and missed.
(d) As if Confucius had spoken and it was not wisdom.

4. What belief convinced von Kluck to make an inward wheel with his army?
(a) That the French were still a threat.
(b) That the French needed to be hunted down, wherever they were.
(c) That the French were trying to trick him into going straight into a trap.
(d) That the French were already beaten and just needed to be rounded up.

5. After Grey convinced the House that war was a grave possibility, what did he tell Churchill was next to do?
(a) Send France an assurance of English commitment.
(b) Send Germany an ultimatum to stop invading Belgium.
(c) Declare war on Belgium.
(d) Declare war on Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?

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

3. What was in the large, red dispatch box brought in to the British government leaders at the end of Chapter 7?

4. The British were defeated at Mons. How did the British remember the battle, though?

5. What state were the Belgian troops in when war was declared?

(see the answer key)

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