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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 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 conquered the seas.
(c) They had resorted to incessant U-boat attacks.
(d) They were gathering in the North Sea to fight with the British.

2. What battle did the British participate in on August 23?
(a) The Battle of the Frontiers.
(b) The Siege of Liege.
(c) The War of the Roses.
(d) The Battle of Mons.

3. What did the book The Great Illusion try to prove?
(a) That war was a human necessity.
(b) That war had become vain.
(c) That war made you strong.
(d) That war was inconvenient.

4. 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) Machine guns.
(b) Tanks.
(c) Heavy field artillery.
(d) Light field artillery.

5. Who was asked to be the Governor of Paris and to direct its defense?
(a) Gallieni.
(b) Sir John French.
(c) Poincare.
(d) Joffre.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did general Joffre want to treat the Belgian army?

3. What was in the large, red dispatch box brought in to the British government leaders at the end of Chapter 7?

4. As the Prittwitz continued to remain committed to a German retreat, what did Moltke finally do?

5. When the German ships were allowed to enter the Dardanelles, what was the order for the forts to do if British ships followed?

(see the answer key)

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