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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. What emotional response did Joffre show under the stress of the Allied retreat?
(a) None. He remained emotionless.
(b) Fear. He began to doubt his abilities.
(c) Pessimism. He lost hope in the cause of ultimate victory.
(d) Panic. He lost his nerve.

2. Schlieffen’s plan was derived from what ancient general at what ancient battle?
(a) Scipio at Cannae.
(b) Hannibal at Lake Trasimene.
(c) Scipio at Zama.
(d) Hannibal at Cannae.

3. On August 24, after days of terrible news of the disaster of Plan 17, what did Joffre finally tell Messimy?
(a) That the French must still continue to attack, whatever the cost.
(b) That he would lose his coat before admitting defeat.
(c) That it is the fault of the British that everything went wrong.
(d) That the French must go on the defensive.

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

5. The British were defeated at Mons. How did the British remember the battle, though?
(a) As an utter victory.
(b) As a battle of desperate and legendary greatness.
(c) As a crushing disaster.
(d) As a battle of savage ferocity and barbaric violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the book The Great Illusion try to prove?

2. What did Moltke mean when he said “The deployment of men cannot be improvised.”? (79)

3. Though the Russian defeat at Tannenberg was terrible, what good did it accomplish for France?

4. The artful, indolent, pleasure-loving Sukhomlinov was the Minister of War for what country?

5. Who was the Home Secretary of Britain when the war began?

(see the answer key)

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