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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 (Chapters 1-5).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the ninth king attending Edward VII’s funeral whom “few observers had eyes for” (3)?
(a) King Albert of Belgium.
(b) General Joffre of France.
(c) King William II of Germany.
(d) King George of England.

2. What was “an unimportant obstacle” (18) to Schlieffen, along with the River Pregel?
(a) Belgian neutrality.
(b) The Rhine River in Germany.
(c) The road home.
(d) War with France.

3. What did Foch say was the first condition of victory?
(a) The will to conquer.
(b) The discipline of war.
(c) The desire for freedom.
(d) The destruction of the enemy.

4. What humiliation in their past did the French want to avenge?
(a) Their defeat at Waterloo.
(b) Their defeat at Sedan.
(c) Their defeat at Hastings.
(d) Their defeat at sea by the Germans.

5. The artful, indolent, pleasure-loving Sukhomlinov was the Minister of War for what country?
(a) Austria.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the French uniform did the former War Minister M. Etienne refuse to give up?

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

3. How did Clausewitz claim one could win public opinion?

4. The doctrine of the offensive in France created even further disdain of what part of the military?

5. What country created Plan 17?

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