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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. How did Clausewitz claim one could win public opinion?
(a) By gaining victories and the enemy’s capital.
(b) By outsmarting your opponents.
(c) By outspending your opponents.
(d) By giving the people what they want.

2. What was the one precaution the German commanders did not plan for?
(a) Flexibility.
(b) Train traffic.
(c) Rest.
(d) Supplies.

3. What was von Kluck’s position in Schlieffen’s scheme?
(a) The man who brushed the channel with his sleeve.
(b) The first man on the left.
(c) Just another pawn.
(d) The last man on the right.

4. Why did the German General Staff believe that Britain belligerency would not affect the war?
(a) They did not think the British could fight very well.
(b) They thought it would be over in four months.
(c) They wanted to prove themselves better than all other Europeans.
(d) They expected to defeat the British at sea and keep them from reaching the mainland.

5. What event took place two hours after Grey finished speaking to the House of Commons in Chapter 9?
(a) Russia declared war on Austria.
(b) Germany declared war on France.
(c) Belgium declared war on Britain.
(d) France declared war on Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the elder Moltke found reading on mobilization day in 1870?

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

3. How many years had Belgium been independent?

4. What was in the large, red dispatch box brought in to the British government leaders at the end of Chapter 7?

5. After a day of fierce fighting, the British withdrew from Mons. What did the Germans do?

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