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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 country created Plan 17?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

2. When Grey sent telegrams asking for a confirmation of Belgian neutrality, who responded within an hour?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

3. In the end of Chapter 4, how many infantry divisions did Joffre think he could count on from England?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

4. When the Germans began shooting civilians and burning towns and cities, what were they compared to?
(a) Attila the Hun.
(b) Geiseric the Vandal.
(c) Alaric the Goth.
(d) Aetius the Roman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Samsonov do after losing his army in battle at Tannenberg?

2. Which of these was a chapter title from the book Germany and the Next War?

3. On the morning of the Battle of Mons, Sir John French estimated the German forces they were about to fight at one or two army corps plus cavalry. How large was it really?

4. When the voyage of the Goeben and Breslau ultimately shut off Russian access from the Black Sea, how much did Russian exports drop?

5. What did the British “requisition” (140) from the Turkish?

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