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

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

3. Why did France order a ten-kilometer withdrawal from its frontier on July 30?
(a) To ensure that the blame of starting the war would be on Germany.
(b) To ensure that the soldiers didn’t get too comfortable close to German lines.
(c) To make sure desertion rates stayed low.
(d) To try to get Belgium to join with them.

4. The German fear of what did not run as deep as their commitment to Socialism?
(a) Their fear of English influence.
(b) Their fear of the Slavic hordes.
(c) Their fear of French superiority.
(d) Their fear of Belgian resistance.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was in the large, red dispatch box brought in to the British government leaders at the end of Chapter 7?

4. What was the one precaution the German commanders did not plan for?

5. Why did the French insist that Russia attack by the 15th day of war, regardless of its readiness?

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