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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (Chapter 6-9).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the end of Chapter 4, how many infantry divisions did Joffre think he could count on from England?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

2. What is the bigger a division or a corps?
(a) A division.
(b) A corps.
(c) They are two words for the same thing.
(d) They are made up of different kinds of soldiers and cannot be counted the same.

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

4. The German fear of what did not run as deep as their commitment to Socialism?
(a) Their fear of French superiority.
(b) Their fear of Belgian resistance.
(c) Their fear of the Slavic hordes.
(d) Their fear of English influence.

5. What did the President of France announce was the only form of fighting suited to the French soldier?
(a) The defensive.
(b) The offensive.
(c) The passive.
(d) The agressive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the ninth king attending Edward VII’s funeral whom “few observers had eyes for” (3)?

2. What was “an unimportant obstacle” (18) to Schlieffen, along with the River Pregel?

3. Instead of a double envelopment of France’s armies, what did Schlieffen settle on?

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

5. What does King Albert decide to try after Germany refuses to respond to formal messages to prevent a war?

(see the answer key)

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