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

2. What did the British “requisition” (140) from the Turkish?
(a) Five million pounds owed as a war debt.
(b) Five ships the Turkish had lying in an British port.
(c) A promise to stay out of the war.
(d) Two ships they had made for them.

3. How quickly did Ludendorff leave when he learned of his promotion to Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army in the East?
(a) One day.
(b) Three quarters of an hour.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) One hour.

4. Schlieffen’s plan was derived from what ancient general at what ancient battle?
(a) Scipio at Cannae.
(b) Hannibal at Lake Trasimene.
(c) Hannibal at Cannae.
(d) Scipio at Zama.

5. What does King Albert decide to try after Germany refuses to respond to formal messages to prevent a war?
(a) He decided to raise more soldiers and prepare for war.
(b) He decided to visit Berlin to calm things down.
(c) He decides to try a private appeal to the Kaiser.
(d) He decided to try a private phone call with the Kaiser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the gateway into Belgium from Germany?

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

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

4. Why did German deputies not know that the Belgians had rejected their ultimatum?

5. What preparations had the Russians made specifically regarding their promise to help the French?

(see the answer key)

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