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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 did Moltke mean when he said “The deployment of men cannot be improvised.”? (79)
(a) That the Kaiser needed to take an improv class.
(b) That the Kaiser could not play war games.
(c) That the Kaiser needed to stop whining.
(d) That the Kaiser could not stop things that were now in motion.

2. Were the French unaware of the possibility of an attack from the German right wing?
(a) Yes. They never saw it coming.
(b) Yes. It was inconceivable for them.
(c) No. They just didn’t care.
(d) No. They counted on it.

3. What country created Plan 17?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

4. What was in the large, red dispatch box brought in to the British government leaders at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) A pamphlet of German war propaganda.
(b) A demand for support from the French.
(c) A paper saying that Germany had declared war on Russia.
(d) A thick booklet containing an ultimatum from Germany.

5. What did Lloyd George think that the boom of Big Ben sounded like?
(a) A clock striking 11 P.M.
(b) Soon, soon, soon.
(c) Gloom, gloom, gloom.
(d) Doom, doom, doom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only country in Europe that did not have conscription?

2. What took place at two minutes past eight on the morning of August 4?

3. How fast did Albert read books?

4. The Cabinet in Britain divided from what event in Britain’s past?

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

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