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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Moltke’s nickname der traurige Julius mean in English?
(a) Grumpy Gale.
(b) Gloomy George.
(c) Grumpy Gus.
(d) Gloomy Gus.

2. What humiliation in their past did the French want to avenge?
(a) Their defeat at sea by the Germans.
(b) Their defeat at Hastings.
(c) Their defeat at Sedan.
(d) Their defeat at Waterloo.

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

4. What instrument was played at King Edward VII’s funeral?
(a) Horns and drums.
(b) Drums, bagpipes, and flutes.
(c) Horns, drums, and bagpipes.
(d) Drums and bagpipes.

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

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

7. If Schlieffen wanted to be bold in his plans, what did Moltke want to do?
(a) Be reckless.
(b) Not be too bold.
(c) Be fearful.
(d) Be even bolder.

8. What was the prime objective that governed French policy?
(a) To enter the war allied to England.
(b) To avenge their defeat at Sedan in 1870.
(c) To win the war with Plan 17.
(d) To win the war whatever the cost.

9. Who was the Home Secretary of Britain when the war began?
(a) Sir Henry Kitchener.
(b) Joseph Joffre.
(c) Sir Edward Grey.
(d) Winston Churchill.

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

11. How many wives had Sukhomlinov had?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

12. When the British fleet is sent to the safety of its war base, Churchill says what is a “nightmare gone forever” (93)?
(a) A storm at sea.
(b) A surprise torpedo attack.
(c) An attack by the German navy.
(d) Running out of coal for the ships.

13. Which of these was not one of the three military minds that thought the war would last years, not months?
(a) Joffre.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Kitchener.
(d) Moltke.

14. How many corps did the German army have?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the possibility of the appearance of the German Fleet in the English Channel in the beginning of Chapter 9 compared to?

2. What were Schlieffen’s last words about the right wing?

3. What was one of the two options the Germans had for fighting a Russian offensive split into two wings?

4. What part of the French uniform did the former War Minister M. Etienne refuse to give up?

5. The German ultimatum to what country expired at noon on Saturday, August 1?

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