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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 simple message did Gallieni tell the French government when called before them?
(a) That if they left it would be seen as motivated by fear.
(b) That they were safe and had no need to fear.
(c) That they were no longer safe in the capital.
(d) That they were needed to help in the defense.

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

3. With the situation going from bad to worse, what two rivers does Joffre consider as new points for the Allies to fall back on?
(a) The Rhine or the Seine.
(b) The Marne or the Seine.
(c) The Marne or the Rhine.
(d) The Seine or the Vistula.

4. When the Germans began shooting civilians and burning towns and cities, what were they compared to?
(a) Geiseric the Vandal.
(b) Alaric the Goth.
(c) Aetius the Roman.
(d) Attila the Hun.

5. What took place at two minutes past eight on the morning of August 4?
(a) The French assured Britain to respect Belgian neutrality.
(b) The German ultimatum to Belgium was rejected.
(c) The British sent their ultimatum to Germany.
(d) The Germans crossed the Belgian border.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joffre knew that the German objective was not the government but what?

2. What famous location lay between Mons and Brussels?

3. What was the gateway into Belgium from Germany?

4. Why did France order a ten-kilometer withdrawal from its frontier on July 30?

5. On the morning of the Battle of Mons, Sir John French estimated the German forces they were about to fight at one or two army corps plus cavalry. How large was it really?

(see the answer key)

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