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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 famous location lay between Mons and Brussels?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) The Ardennes.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

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

3. What was a General Staff artillery officer in the French army referring to when he said, “Thank God we don’t have any!” (207)?
(a) Tanks.
(b) Light field artillery.
(c) Heavy field artillery.
(d) Machine guns.

4. What was the situation of the German navy and merchant shipping by the end of August?
(a) They had disappeared from the open seas.
(b) They had resorted to incessant U-boat attacks.
(c) They were gathering in the North Sea to fight with the British.
(d) They had conquered the seas.

5. The German Prince Rupprecht argued that what was the best way he could keep as many French troops as possible occupied?
(a) By attacking.
(b) By opening negotiations.
(c) By defending.
(d) By beating a hasty retreat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The destruction of what army was the German general von Kluck’s task?

2. What signal let loose “the irresistible onrush of events” that led to war?

3. The British were defeated at Mons. How did the British remember the battle, though?

4. What revolutionary way did Schlieffen find to get enough men for his plan?

5. How did the two-day Russian retreat from Tannenberg go?

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