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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. What anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo had almost arrived when the British reached it on their march to Mons?
(a) The 100th anniversary.
(b) The 200th anniversary.
(c) The 20th anniversary.
(d) The 50th anniversary.

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

3. How long did the old Field Marshal Moltke think the next war could last?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 20 weeks.
(d) 30 years.

4. Why did the German General Staff believe that Britain belligerency would not affect the war?
(a) They did not think the British could fight very well.
(b) They wanted to prove themselves better than all other Europeans.
(c) They expected to defeat the British at sea and keep them from reaching the mainland.
(d) They thought it would be over in four months.

5. After Grey convinced the House that war was a grave possibility, what did he tell Churchill was next to do?
(a) Send Germany an ultimatum to stop invading Belgium.
(b) Declare war on Germany.
(c) Send France an assurance of English commitment.
(d) Declare war on Belgium.

Short Answer 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?

2. How many German trains were “each exquisitely scheduled to click over specified tracks at specified intervals of ten minutes” (79)

3. What did Sukhomlinov belive was superior to the bullet?

4. Who dominated the British staff in the end of Chapter 14?

5. What country created Plan 17?

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