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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. 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 Vietcong.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Japanese.

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

3. On the morning of the Battle of Mons, Sir John French estimated the German forces they were about to fight at one or two army corps plus cavalry. How large was it really?
(a) Four corps and three cavalry divisions.
(b) Six corps and some cavalry.
(c) Sir John French was accurate in his assessment.
(d) Sixteen corps but no cavalry.

4. What battle did the British participate in on August 23?
(a) The Battle of the Frontiers.
(b) The Battle of Mons.
(c) The Siege of Liege.
(d) The War of the Roses.

5. What revolutionary way did Schlieffen find to get enough men for his plan?
(a) To conscript men across Germany.
(b) To use reserve units in the front lines.
(c) To hire mercenaries from Italy.
(d) To lower the military service age limit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the wave of financial panic shut down in London?

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

3. What did the President of France announce was the only form of fighting suited to the French soldier?

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

5. Whose funeral sets the scene in Chapter 1?

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