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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (Chapters 20-Afterword).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Russian soldiers do when they saw an airplane, regardless of whose side it was on?
(a) Used anti-aircraft guns to bring it down.
(b) Waved in a friendly manner.
(c) Shot at it.
(d) Stared in amazement.

2. What state were the Belgian troops in when war was declared?
(a) They were average, able to keep up with the Germans and French.
(b) They were ill-disciplined and untidy.
(c) They were conscripted, and had gone home for the winter.
(d) They were a model of discipline and honor.

3. What was the medieval city of Louvain known for?
(a) It’s University and Library.
(b) The birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte.
(c) Its capital building.
(d) The oldest church in France.

4. At one point during the reatreat, when Lanrezac was convinced that Joffre’s plan was a bad one, he refused to move without what?
(a) A verbal agreement that it was not his idea.
(b) A day of rest for his troops.
(c) A written order to do so.
(d) An assurance of victory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What set Bismarck apart from other German leaders?

2. What did the book The Great Illusion try to prove?

3. What did Kitchener decide he must do to help the situation of the BEF in France?

4. While the German ships in Chapter 10 sailed through the night, dogged by a British ship, what did their inferior coal do?

5. What did the German armies do during the first four days of Dubail’s and Castelnau’s offensive into Lorraine?

(see the answer key)

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