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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. What set Bismarck apart from other German leaders?
(a) He was the most academic of them all.
(b) He was a war hero with scars, while everyone else was spoiled aristocracy.
(c) He was a champion when others were afraid.
(d) He had clear goals while others did not know what they wanted.

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

3. 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 Japanese.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Vietcong.

4. What former U.S president was present at the funeral of Edward VII?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What humiliation in their past did the French want to avenge?

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

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

4. How many wives had Sukhomlinov had?

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

(see the answer key)

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