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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. Lanrezac asks General Belin if the Fifth Army is to delay in the region of Guise-St. Quentin at what risk?
(a) The risk of being captured.
(b) The risk of missing out on the glory of victory.
(c) The risk of falling behind.
(d) The risk of being killed.

2. How long did Russian pessimists think the war would last, causing them to be labeled “defeatists”? (119)
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

3. How many “prongs” would Russia have in its invasion of Germany (65)?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. Some of Russia’s deficiencies in war had been exposed in its war with what country less than a decade before World War I?
(a) The Vietcong.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Chinese.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the British fleet is sent to the safety of its war base, Churchill says what is a “nightmare gone forever” (93)?

2. What ugly surprise did von Kluck’s army run into on September 1?

3. Right from the first day of invasion the Germans shot both Belgian civilians and who else?

4. When the Grand Duke was appointed Comander in Chief of the Russian forces, why did he shed tears?

5. On the morning of the Battle of Mons, Sir John French estimated the German forces they were about to fight at one or two army corps plus cavalry. How large was it really?

(see the answer key)

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