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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 battle was the real monument to British valor?
(a) Ypres.
(b) Mons.
(c) The Marne.
(d) The Battle of the Frontiers.

2. Why did the Belgians not have any heavy artillery?
(a) The Belgians had scoffed at the idea of heavy artillery.
(b) The German company hired to make it had delayed deliveries.
(c) The Russian company hired to make it had requisitioned it for war.
(d) The Austrian company hired to make it had botched the job.

3. What famous location lay between Mons and Brussels?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) Berlin.
(c) The Ardennes.
(d) Paris.

4. What did Kitchener decide he must do to help the situation of the BEF in France?
(a) He must get some sleep to help him make better decisions.
(b) He must give Sir John French a telephone call.
(c) He must go to France himself.
(d) He must resign and wash his hands of the whole business.

5. As the Battle of Tannenberg ended, what news came regarding Rennenkampf’s army?
(a) That it was on the march but would not reach them that day.
(b) That it was on the march and would be there within the hour.
(c) That it had joined up with Samsonov’s army.
(d) That it was attacking them from the rear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these was not one of the three military minds that thought the war would last years, not months?

2. How many corps did the German army have?

3. Russia was so alarmed at the German ship Goeben arriving in Turkish waters, that it was even willing to give up its claim to what to keep the peace?

4. The German army used against France was six times bigger in 1914 than it had been in 1870. How big was it?

5. What country created Plan 17?

(see the answer key)

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