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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. The German army used against France was six times bigger in 1914 than it had been in 1870. How big was it?
(a) 1.5 million men.
(b) 3 million men.
(c) .5 million men.
(d) 1 million men.

2. How long did the old Field Marshal Moltke think the next war could last?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 20 weeks.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 4 days.

3. Some of Russia’s deficiencies in war had been exposed in its war with what country less than a decade before World War I?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Vietcong.

4. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?
(a) That the food was too cold for German palettes.
(b) That France would side with Germany in a war with England.
(c) That his French ancestry was a blight on his German pedigree.
(d) That he did not appreciate the French. Not at all.

5. What was the one precaution the German commanders did not plan for?
(a) Flexibility.
(b) Train traffic.
(c) Rest.
(d) Supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the cry Kosaken kommen mean?

2. What country was Bethmann referring to when he said, “it was like striking a man from behind while he was fighting for his life against two assailants” (129)

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

4. What humiliation in their past did the French want to avenge?

5. When Grey sent telegrams asking for a confirmation of Belgian neutrality, who responded within an hour?

(see the answer key)

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