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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (Chapters 15-19).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the German ships were allowed to enter the Dardanelles, what was the order for the forts to do if British ships followed?
(a) To send them away with a stern warning.
(b) To let them pass.
(c) To fire on them.
(d) To fire at them with a surprise torpedo attack.

2. What was the gateway into Belgium from Germany?
(a) Paris.
(b) Alsace.
(c) Brussels.
(d) Liege.

3. What was one of the two options the Germans had for fighting a Russian offensive split into two wings?
(a) Try to get behind the Russian armies.
(b) Attack one wing before the other.
(c) Split their own army into two wings.
(d) Attack both wings at once.

4. Why did the disaster at Tannenberg not initially scare the Russian people?
(a) They were distracted by the news of a great victory over the Austrians.
(b) They didn’t fully understand the newspaper headlines.
(c) They were busy stirring up a revolt.
(d) They knew they had plenty of other soldiers.

5. What did the President of France announce was the only form of fighting suited to the French soldier?
(a) The agressive.
(b) The offensive.
(c) The passive.
(d) The defensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the German navy eventually resort to as a belated effort to break the British naval blockade?

2. The Cabinet in Britain divided from what event in Britain’s past?

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

4. Russia was so alarmed at the German ship Goeben arriving in Turkish waters, that it was even willing to give up its claim to what to keep the peace?

5. What did Moltke’s nickname der traurige Julius mean in English?

(see the answer key)

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