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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 were Schlieffen’s last words about the right wing?
(a) To make it strong.
(b) To make it fast.
(c) To keep it balanced.
(d) To brush the Channel with its sleeve.

2. Right from the first day of invasion the Germans shot both Belgian civilians and who else?
(a) Politicians.
(b) French immigrants.
(c) Priests.
(d) German civilians.

3. What humiliation in their past did the French want to avenge?
(a) Their defeat at Hastings.
(b) Their defeat at sea by the Germans.
(c) Their defeat at Sedan.
(d) Their defeat at Waterloo.

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

5. Which of these was a chapter title from the book Germany and the Next War?
(a) "The Duty to Keep the Peace.”
(b) "The Right for German Dominion.”
(c) "The Right for World Peace.”
(d) “The Duty to Make War.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How did each German regiment’s field kitchen keep up while on the march?

2. Were the French unaware of the possibility of an attack from the German right wing?

3. What was “an unimportant obstacle” (18) to Schlieffen, along with the River Pregel?

4. In general, the Battle of Gumbinnen was a victory for what country?

5. While Germany had the second largest fleet in the world, how many ships did it have total in the Mediterranean Sea?

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