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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (Chapters 10-14).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Council in Britain order at the last minute that only four out of the six divisions be sent to France?
(a) A German Zepplin bombing of London.
(b) The French declared they did not neex six divisions to help them.
(c) A German landing on British soil.
(d) An invasion scare.

2. Why did the French insist that Russia attack by the 15th day of war, regardless of its readiness?
(a) They knew Russia would utterly defeat the Germans.
(b) They knew Britain would join them if the Russians did.
(c) They wanted Germany to leave them alone.
(d) They wanted Germany to be forced to fight on two fronts.

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

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

5. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?
(a) That his French ancestry was a blight on his German pedigree.
(b) That the food was too cold for German palettes.
(c) That France would side with Germany in a war with England.
(d) That he did not appreciate the French. Not at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose funeral sets the scene in Chapter 1?

2. What does Tuchman say “cast a long shadow upon the world” (137)?

3. Schlieffen’s plan was derived from what ancient general at what ancient battle?

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

5. Instead of a double envelopment of France’s armies, what did Schlieffen settle on?

(see the answer key)

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