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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 made Hindenburg stand out as a candidate to replace Prittwitz as Commander of the German Eighth Army?
(a) He was easily frightened.
(b) He was imperturbable.
(c) He was a young fellow, barely out of the war college.
(d) He was older, and thus wiser.

2. On what day was Brussels occupied by the Germans?
(a) August 20.
(b) August 12.
(c) September 1.
(d) August 24.

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

4. When the German attack on the forts of Liege failed miserably, what did Ludendorff insist needed to be brought into action?
(a) The Uhlan cavalry.
(b) The plan of starving out the enemy.
(c) The light German field artillery.
(d) The enormous German siege cannon.

5. How did Clausewitz claim one could win public opinion?
(a) By outspending your opponents.
(b) By outsmarting your opponents.
(c) By gaining victories and the enemy’s capital.
(d) By giving the people what they want.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the medieval city of Louvain known for?

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

3. What was “an unimportant obstacle” (18) to Schlieffen, along with the River Pregel?

4. Some of Russia’s deficiencies in war had been exposed in its war with what country less than a decade before World War I?

5. When the Grand Duke was appointed Comander in Chief of the Russian forces, why did he shed tears?

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