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

2. What did the book The Great Illusion try to prove?
(a) That war was a human necessity.
(b) That war had become vain.
(c) That war was inconvenient.
(d) That war made you strong.

3. Instead of a double envelopment of France’s armies, what did Schlieffen settle on?
(a) An attack from the rear.
(b) An attack through the center.
(c) A heavily one-sided right wing.
(d) A heavily one-sided left wing.

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

5. Who was the ninth king attending Edward VII’s funeral whom “few observers had eyes for” (3)?
(a) General Joffre of France.
(b) King Albert of Belgium.
(c) King William II of Germany.
(d) King George of England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did German deputies not know that the Belgians had rejected their ultimatum?

2. If Schlieffen wanted to be bold in his plans, what did Moltke want to do?

3. What was the possibility of the appearance of the German Fleet in the English Channel in the beginning of Chapter 9 compared to?

4. What country created Plan 17?

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

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