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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. When Grey sent telegrams asking for a confirmation of Belgian neutrality, who responded within an hour?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

2. What instrument was played at King Edward VII’s funeral?
(a) Drums, bagpipes, and flutes.
(b) Horns and drums.
(c) Horns, drums, and bagpipes.
(d) Drums and bagpipes.

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

4. What was the prime objective that governed French policy?
(a) To enter the war allied to England.
(b) To avenge their defeat at Sedan in 1870.
(c) To win the war with Plan 17.
(d) To win the war whatever the cost.

5. Some of Russia’s deficiencies in war had been exposed in its war with what country less than a decade before World War I?
(a) The Japanese.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Vietcong.
(d) The Germans.

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 long did Russian pessimists think the war would last, causing them to be labeled “defeatists”? (119)

3. When King Albert of Belgium rejected the German ultimatum, what did he think the consequences would be?

4. What did Kaiser William II mean when he said, “If only someone had told me beforehand that England would take up arms against us!” (120)?

5. What did Moltke mean when he said “The deployment of men cannot be improvised.”? (79)

(see the answer key)

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