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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did France order a ten-kilometer withdrawal from its frontier on July 30?
(a) To try to get Belgium to join with them.
(b) To ensure that the blame of starting the war would be on Germany.
(c) To ensure that the soldiers didn’t get too comfortable close to German lines.
(d) To make sure desertion rates stayed low.

3. What is the bigger a division or a corps?
(a) They are made up of different kinds of soldiers and cannot be counted the same.
(b) A corps.
(c) A division.
(d) They are two words for the same thing.

4. What was the possibility of the appearance of the German Fleet in the English Channel in the beginning of Chapter 9 compared to?
(a) The Spanish Armada.
(b) Plan 17.
(c) The Schlieffen Plan.
(d) The Battle of Cannae.

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

6. What order did the First Lord Churchill give when he heard of events in Austria in Chapter 7?
(a) For the German fleet to attack the British fleet.
(b) For the British fleet not to disperse.
(c) For the British fleet to attack the German fleet.
(d) For the British fleet to hide in port.

7. Some of Russia’s deficiencies in war had been exposed in its war with what country less than a decade before World War I?
(a) The Chinese.
(b) The Vietcong.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Japanese.

8. What state were the Belgian troops in when war was declared?
(a) They were average, able to keep up with the Germans and French.
(b) They were a model of discipline and honor.
(c) They were ill-disciplined and untidy.
(d) They were conscripted, and had gone home for the winter.

9. How many weeks did the Germans estimate Russia would need to mobilize its armies?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Five weeks.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Six weeks.

10. The German ultimatum to what country expired at noon on Saturday, August 1?
(a) Russia.
(b) Serbia.
(c) France.
(d) England.

11. What was the only country in Europe that did not have conscription?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Britain.
(d) Germany.

12. 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 outsmarting your opponents.
(d) By giving the people what they want.

13. What did Foch say was the first condition of victory?
(a) The desire for freedom.
(b) The will to conquer.
(c) The discipline of war.
(d) The destruction of the enemy.

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

15. Why did the French insist that Russia attack by the 15th day of war, regardless of its readiness?
(a) They knew Russia would utterly defeat the Germans.
(b) They wanted Germany to be forced to fight on two fronts.
(c) They wanted Germany to leave them alone.
(d) They knew Britain would join them if the Russians did.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moltke’s nickname der traurige Julius mean in English?

2. If Schlieffen wanted to be bold in his plans, what did Moltke want to do?

3. When King Albert of Belgium rejected the German ultimatum, what did he think the consequences would be?

4. How many wives had Sukhomlinov had?

5. How many German trains were “each exquisitely scheduled to click over specified tracks at specified intervals of ten minutes” (79)

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