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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the end of Chapter 4, how many infantry divisions did Joffre think he could count on from England?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

3. What set Bismarck apart from other German leaders?
(a) He had clear goals while others did not know what they wanted.
(b) He was the most academic of them all.
(c) He was a war hero with scars, while everyone else was spoiled aristocracy.
(d) He was a champion when others were afraid.

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

5. What was “an unimportant obstacle” (18) to Schlieffen, along with the River Pregel?
(a) The Rhine River in Germany.
(b) War with France.
(c) The road home.
(d) Belgian neutrality.

6. 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 Battle of Cannae.
(c) The Spanish Armada.
(d) The Schlieffen Plan.

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

8. What country created Plan 17?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

9. Instead of a double envelopment of France’s armies, what did Schlieffen settle on?
(a) A heavily one-sided right wing.
(b) A heavily one-sided left wing.
(c) An attack through the center.
(d) An attack from the rear.

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

11. Why did German deputies not know that the Belgians had rejected their ultimatum?
(a) Because they did not care about it.
(b) Because they did not read the newspapers.
(c) Because it had not been sent yet.
(d) Because the German leadership did not publish the response.

12. Were the French unaware of the possibility of an attack from the German right wing?
(a) No. They counted on it.
(b) Yes. It was inconceivable for them.
(c) Yes. They never saw it coming.
(d) No. They just didn’t care.

13. The doctrine of the offensive in France created even further disdain of what part of the military?
(a) The infantry.
(b) The tanks.
(c) The reserves.
(d) The cavalry.

14. After Grey convinced the House that war was a grave possibility, what did he tell Churchill was next to do?
(a) Send Germany an ultimatum to stop invading Belgium.
(b) Declare war on Germany.
(c) Send France an assurance of English commitment.
(d) Declare war on Belgium.

15. What did the wave of financial panic shut down in London?
(a) The Parliament.
(b) Buckingham Palace.
(c) The Royal Treasury.
(d) The Stock Exchange.

Short Answer Questions

1. What humiliation in their past did the French want to avenge?

2. How many years had Belgium been independent?

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

4. The German fear of what did not run as deep as their commitment to Socialism?

5. What did Foch say was the first condition of victory?

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