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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Italy decide to do “with the clarity of insight possessed by the Latin intellect”?
(a) Side with France.
(b) Side with Germany.
(c) Remain neutral.
(d) Attack Austria.

2. How many “prongs” would Russia have in its invasion of Germany (65)?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

3. The German fear of what did not run as deep as their commitment to Socialism?
(a) Their fear of the Slavic hordes.
(b) Their fear of Belgian resistance.
(c) Their fear of English influence.
(d) Their fear of French superiority.

4. What was the elder Moltke found reading on mobilization day in 1870?
(a) The Lord of the Rings.
(b) The Great Illusion.
(c) Germany and the Next War.
(d) Lady Audley’s Secret.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Schlieffen’s plan was derived from what ancient general at what ancient battle?
(a) Scipio at Cannae.
(b) Hannibal at Cannae.
(c) Scipio at Zama.
(d) Hannibal at Lake Trasimene.

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

14. How long did Russian pessimists think the war would last, causing them to be labeled “defeatists”? (119)
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Four years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moltke mean when he said “The deployment of men cannot be improvised.”? (79)

2. Whose funeral sets the scene in Chapter 1?

3. What did the book The Great Illusion try to prove?

4. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?

5. What instrument was played at King Edward VII’s funeral?

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