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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Lloyd George think that the boom of Big Ben sounded like?
(a) Doom, doom, doom.
(b) Gloom, gloom, gloom.
(c) A clock striking 11 P.M.
(d) Soon, soon, soon.

5. What revolutionary way did Schlieffen find to get enough men for his plan?
(a) To lower the military service age limit.
(b) To use reserve units in the front lines.
(c) To conscript men across Germany.
(d) To hire mercenaries from Italy.

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

7. Why did the German General Staff believe that Britain belligerency would not affect the war?
(a) They thought it would be over in four months.
(b) They did not think the British could fight very well.
(c) They expected to defeat the British at sea and keep them from reaching the mainland.
(d) They wanted to prove themselves better than all other Europeans.

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

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

10. What was one of the two options the Germans had for fighting a Russian offensive split into two wings?
(a) Attack both wings at once.
(b) Try to get behind the Russian armies.
(c) Split their own army into two wings.
(d) Attack one wing before the other.

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

12. 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.

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

14. When Grey sent telegrams asking for a confirmation of Belgian neutrality, who responded within an hour?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Some of Russia’s deficiencies in war had been exposed in its war with what country less than a decade before World War I?

2. How fast did Albert read books?

3. In the end of Chapter 4, how many infantry divisions did Joffre think he could count on from England?

4. What event took place two hours after Grey finished speaking to the House of Commons in Chapter 9?

5. Who was the ninth king attending Edward VII’s funeral whom “few observers had eyes for” (3)?

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