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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these was a chapter title from the book Germany and the Next War?
(a) “The Duty to Make War.”
(b) "The Duty to Keep the Peace.”
(c) "The Right for German Dominion.”
(d) "The Right for World Peace.”

2. What part of the French uniform did the former War Minister M. Etienne refuse to give up?
(a) The white socks.
(b) The red trousers.
(c) The red kepi.
(d) The blue uniform.

3. What did the book The Great Illusion try to prove?
(a) That war had become vain.
(b) That war made you strong.
(c) That war was inconvenient.
(d) That war was a human necessity.

4. 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 giving the people what they want.
(d) By outspending your opponents.

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

6. The artful, indolent, pleasure-loving Sukhomlinov was the Minister of War for what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Austria.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

7. What did Kaiser William II mean when he said, “If only someone had told me beforehand that England would take up arms against us!” (120)?
(a) That he never even considered the possibility.
(b) That the English lied to him.
(c) That the Germans did not think England would join France in the war.
(d) That he saw England as an extension of the Russian war effort.

8. How many men did Russia have available for military service?
(a) 5,000,000.
(b) 6,500,000.
(c) 6,000,000.
(d) 5,500,000.

9. What former U.S president was present at the funeral of Edward VII?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Calvin Coolidge.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

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

11. Whose funeral sets the scene in Chapter 1?
(a) Edward VII of England.
(b) William II of Germany.
(c) William of Orange.
(d) King Albert of Belgium.

12. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?
(a) That he did not appreciate the French. Not at all.
(b) That his French ancestry was a blight on his German pedigree.
(c) That France would side with Germany in a war with England.
(d) That the food was too cold for German palettes.

13. The Cabinet in Britain divided from what event in Britain’s past?
(a) Hannibal’s victory at Cannae.
(b) The defeat at Sedan.
(c) The escape at Dunkirk.
(d) The Boer War.

14. How many years had Belgium been independent?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Fifty.

15. What did Moltke mean when he said “The deployment of men cannot be improvised.”? (79)
(a) That the Kaiser could not play war games.
(b) That the Kaiser could not stop things that were now in motion.
(c) That the Kaiser needed to stop whining.
(d) That the Kaiser needed to take an improv class.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives had Sukhomlinov had?

2. Schlieffen’s plan was derived from what ancient general at what ancient battle?

3. How long did Russian pessimists think the war would last, causing them to be labeled “defeatists”? (119)

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

5. What was the only country in Europe that did not have conscription?

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