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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 was one of the two options the Germans had for fighting a Russian offensive split into two wings?
(a) Try to get behind the Russian armies.
(b) Attack both wings at once.
(c) Split their own army into two wings.
(d) Attack one wing before the other.

2. Where were the two German corps that were supposed to be at the junction of Hausen and Bulow’s armies?
(a) They had been given a few days of leave to catch their breath.
(b) They were on their way to unnecessarily reinforce the Eastern Front.
(c) They had been left behind as a garrison for Belgium.
(d) They had fallen behind in the speed of the German advance.

3. While Germany had the second largest fleet in the world, how many ships did it have total in the Mediterranean Sea?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

4. How did the two-day Russian retreat from Tannenberg go?
(a) It was a disaster.
(b) It went well, with few losses.
(c) It was executed with precision, and left the Russians ready to continue the war.
(d) It could have gone better, but was not utterly ruinous.

5. What did Moltke’s nickname der traurige Julius mean in English?
(a) Grumpy Gus.
(b) Gloomy Gus.
(c) Grumpy Gale.
(d) Gloomy George.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country created Plan 17?

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

3. What were Schlieffen’s last words about the right wing?

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

5. Prittwitz, considering the Russian threat too great, decided the Germans should retire behind what river as previously planned?

(see the answer key)

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