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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. How long did the old Field Marshal Moltke think the next war could last?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 20 weeks.

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

3. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?
(a) That he did not appreciate the French. Not at all.
(b) That the food was too cold for German palettes.
(c) That his French ancestry was a blight on his German pedigree.
(d) That France would side with Germany in a war with England.

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

5. Instead of a double envelopment of France’s armies, what did Schlieffen settle on?
(a) A heavily one-sided left wing.
(b) A heavily one-sided right wing.
(c) An attack through the center.
(d) An attack from the rear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument was played at King Edward VII’s funeral?

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

3. What was one of the two options the Germans had for fighting a Russian offensive split into two wings?

4. What country created Plan 17?

5. What did Foch say was the first condition of victory?

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