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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 President of France announce was the only form of fighting suited to the French soldier?
(a) The passive.
(b) The defensive.
(c) The agressive.
(d) The offensive.

2. Why did the disaster at Tannenberg not initially scare the Russian people?
(a) They didn’t fully understand the newspaper headlines.
(b) They knew they had plenty of other soldiers.
(c) They were distracted by the news of a great victory over the Austrians.
(d) They were busy stirring up a revolt.

3. What was the possibility of the appearance of the German Fleet in the English Channel in the beginning of Chapter 9 compared to?
(a) Plan 17.
(b) The Spanish Armada.
(c) The Battle of Cannae.
(d) The Schlieffen Plan.

4. As collapse of the French armies loom, Sir John French informed Kitchener of his intention to do what?
(a) Attack the Germans posthaste.
(b) Cross the Marne.
(c) Retire behind the Seine.
(d) Withdraw to Paris.

5. What did the German navy eventually resort to as a belated effort to break the British naval blockade?
(a) Declaring the sea a neutral zone for all nations.
(b) The use of U-boats.
(c) The use of their main fleet.
(d) A desperate attack by sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo had almost arrived when the British reached it on their march to Mons?

2. Were the British troops in as bad of a condition as Sir John French reported?

3. Lanrezac asks General Belin if the Fifth Army is to delay in the region of Guise-St. Quentin at what risk?

4. What haunted Ludendorff as he directed the German Eighth Army to attack Samsonov’s Russian army?

5. What part of the French uniform did the former War Minister M. Etienne refuse to give up?

(see the answer key)

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