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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 Sedan.
(b) Their defeat at Waterloo.
(c) Their defeat at sea by the Germans.
(d) Their defeat at Hastings.

2. The German army used against France was six times bigger in 1914 than it had been in 1870. How big was it?
(a) 1 million men.
(b) 1.5 million men.
(c) 3 million men.
(d) .5 million men.

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

4. The doctrine of the offensive in France created even further disdain of what part of the military?
(a) The tanks.
(b) The reserves.
(c) The cavalry.
(d) The infantry.

5. What former U.S president was present at the funeral of Edward VII?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Foch say was the first condition of victory?

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

4. How many corps did the German army have?

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

(see the answer key)

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