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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. How long did Russian pessimists think the war would last, causing them to be labeled “defeatists”? (119)
(a) Six months.
(b) Four years.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

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

3. Who was called the “Sick Man” of Europe? (137)
(a) Kaiser William II.
(b) Russia.
(c) The Ottoman Empire.
(d) The Russian Czar.

4. How many corps did the German army have?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

5. What haunted Ludendorff as he directed the German Eighth Army to attack Samsonov’s Russian army?
(a) The knowledge that the Western Front could collapse at any minute.
(b) The knowledge that if he failed, the whole war would be lost.
(c) The knowledge that he had not slept in days and doubted his judgment.
(d) The knowledge that Rennenkampf’s army was behind him.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Battle of Tannenberg ended, what news came regarding Rennenkampf’s army?

2. What event took place two hours after Grey finished speaking to the House of Commons in Chapter 9?

3. What did the German armies do during the first four days of Dubail’s and Castelnau’s offensive into Lorraine?

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

5. Why did Germany want Turkey as an ally?

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