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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. 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.

2. What signal let loose “the irresistible onrush of events” that led to war?
(a) Germany’s assurance to support Austria against Russian aggression.
(b) Russia promising to support Serbia against German aggression.
(c) Germany’s assurance to support Russia against Austrian aggression.
(d) Russia promising to support Serbia against Austrian aggression.

3. Which of these was not one of the three military minds that thought the war would last years, not months?
(a) Churchill.
(b) Joffre.
(c) Moltke.
(d) Kitchener.

4. What did Italy decide to do “with the clarity of insight possessed by the Latin intellect”?
(a) Side with Germany.
(b) Attack Austria.
(c) Remain neutral.
(d) Side with France.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The German ultimatum to what country expired at noon on Saturday, August 1?

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

4. Why did the Belgians not have any heavy artillery?

5. How many “prongs” would Russia have in its invasion of Germany (65)?

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