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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. What state were the Belgian troops in when war was declared?
(a) They were conscripted, and had gone home for the winter.
(b) They were a model of discipline and honor.
(c) They were ill-disciplined and untidy.
(d) They were average, able to keep up with the Germans and French.

2. What was the only country in Europe that did not have conscription?
(a) Britain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

3. 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 let them pass.
(b) To fire at them with a surprise torpedo attack.
(c) To fire on them.
(d) To send them away with a stern warning.

4. The artful, indolent, pleasure-loving Sukhomlinov was the Minister of War for what country?
(a) Austria.
(b) England.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

5. Who dominated the British staff in the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Henry Wilson.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Lord Kitchener.
(d) Sir John French.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day did Rennenkampf officially open his offensive with his entire army?

2. How many years had Belgium been independent?

3. What haunted Ludendorff as he directed the German Eighth Army to attack Samsonov’s Russian army?

4. What order did the First Lord Churchill give when he heard of events in Austria in Chapter 7?

5. What was a General Staff artillery officer in the French army referring to when he said, “Thank God we don’t have any!” (207)?

(see the answer key)

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