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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. How many corps did the German army have?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

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

3. What revolutionary way did Schlieffen find to get enough men for his plan?
(a) To lower the military service age limit.
(b) To use reserve units in the front lines.
(c) To hire mercenaries from Italy.
(d) To conscript men across Germany.

4. What did Kaiser William II mean when he said, “If only someone had told me beforehand that England would take up arms against us!” (120)?
(a) That he never even considered the possibility.
(b) That he saw England as an extension of the Russian war effort.
(c) That the Germans did not think England would join France in the war.
(d) That the English lied to him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the one precaution the German commanders did not plan for?

2. Why did the German General Staff believe that Britain belligerency would not affect the war?

3. Why did France order a ten-kilometer withdrawal from its frontier on July 30?

4. Which of these was not one of the three military minds that thought the war would last years, not months?

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

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