View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Cabinet in Britain divided from what event in Britain’s past?
(a) Hannibal’s victory at Cannae.
(b) The Boer War.
(c) The escape at Dunkirk.
(d) The defeat at Sedan.

3. The German Prince Rupprecht argued that what was the best way he could keep as many French troops as possible occupied?
(a) By attacking.
(b) By opening negotiations.
(c) By beating a hasty retreat.
(d) By defending.

4. The British were defeated at Mons. How did the British remember the battle, though?
(a) As a battle of savage ferocity and barbaric violence.
(b) As a crushing disaster.
(c) As an utter victory.
(d) As a battle of desperate and legendary greatness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In spite of reports of disaster and defeat, both Wilson and Joffre continued to plan on what strategy as Chapter 14 draws to a close?

2. What did Italy decide to do “with the clarity of insight possessed by the Latin intellect”?

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

4. How did each German regiment’s field kitchen keep up while on the march?

5. The German army used against France was six times bigger in 1914 than it had been in 1870. How big was it?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 342 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample