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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. Why did German deputies not know that the Belgians had rejected their ultimatum?
(a) Because it had not been sent yet.
(b) Because the German leadership did not publish the response.
(c) Because they did not read the newspapers.
(d) Because they did not care about it.

2. How many years had Belgium been independent?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Seventy-five.

3. How many weeks did the Germans estimate Russia would need to mobilize its armies?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Six weeks.

4. Why did the Belgians not have any heavy artillery?
(a) The Belgians had scoffed at the idea of heavy artillery.
(b) The German company hired to make it had delayed deliveries.
(c) The Austrian company hired to make it had botched the job.
(d) The Russian company hired to make it had requisitioned it for war.

5. What state were the Belgian troops in when war was declared?
(a) They were conscripted, and had gone home for the winter.
(b) They were a model of discipline and honor.
(c) They were average, able to keep up with the Germans and French.
(d) They were ill-disciplined and untidy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the French uniform did the former War Minister M. Etienne refuse to give up?

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

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

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

5. The German fear of what did not run as deep as their commitment to Socialism?

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