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

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

3. Who was the Home Secretary of Britain when the war began?
(a) Joseph Joffre.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Sir Edward Grey.
(d) Sir Henry Kitchener.

4. What was the possibility of the appearance of the German Fleet in the English Channel in the beginning of Chapter 9 compared to?
(a) The Spanish Armada.
(b) The Schlieffen Plan.
(c) The Battle of Cannae.
(d) Plan 17.

5. When King Albert of Belgium rejected the German ultimatum, what did he think the consequences would be?
(a) That Germany would see the error of its ways and relent.
(b) That Britain and France would run to their aid.
(c) That they would be grave and terrible.
(d) That Belgium would triumph over Germany’s armies.

Short Answer Questions

1. The German army used against France was six times bigger in 1914 than it had been in 1870. How big was it?

2. How many German trains were “each exquisitely scheduled to click over specified tracks at specified intervals of ten minutes” (79)

3. How many men did Russia have available for military service?

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

5. In the end of Chapter 4, how many infantry divisions did Joffre think he could count on from England?

(see the answer key)

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