2. The Germans put the number of victims in the massacre at Andenne at 110 people. What was the Belgian number?
(a) 115.
(b) 194.
(c) 200.
(d) 211.

3. The British were defeated at Mons. How did the British remember the battle, though?
(a) As an utter victory.
(b) As a crushing disaster.
(c) As a battle of desperate and legendary greatness.
(d) As a battle of savage ferocity and barbaric violence.

4. Though the Russian defeat at Tannenberg was terrible, what good did it accomplish for France?
(a) It caused the Germans to send two corps from the Western Front to the Eastern Front.
(b) It showed the world that the French were the only hope of stopping the Germans.
(c) It convinced Britain that they needed to help France.
(d) It distracted the German high command, who could think of nothing but the Slavic hordes in East Prussia.

5. Why did the Council in Britain order at the last minute that only four out of the six divisions be sent to France?
(a) A German landing on British soil.
(b) An invasion scare.
(c) The French declared they did not neex six divisions to help them.
(d) A German Zepplin bombing of London.

6. Prittwitz, considering the Russian threat too great, decided the Germans should retire behind what river as previously planned?
(a) The Thames.
(b) The Mississippi.
(c) The Vistula.
(d) The Rhine.

7. When the German attack on the forts of Liege failed miserably, what did Ludendorff insist needed to be brought into action?
(a) The enormous German siege cannon.
(b) The light German field artillery.
(c) The Uhlan cavalry.
(d) The plan of starving out the enemy.

8. How did the two-day Russian retreat from Tannenberg go?
(a) It could have gone better, but was not utterly ruinous.
(b) It was executed with precision, and left the Russians ready to continue the war.
(c) It was a disaster.
(d) It went well, with few losses.

9. What kind of units were the first Germans to cross over the Belgian border?
(a) The cavalry.
(b) A tank brigade.
(c) A diplomatic mission.
(d) The infantry.

10. What does Tuchman say “cast a long shadow upon the world” (137)?
(a) The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
(b) The British ultimatum to Germany.
(c) The voyage of the Goeben and the Breslau.
(d) The German ultimatum to the Belgians.

11. What was the primary Allied war aim as expressed by Foreign Minister Sazonov?
(a) To hamstring German trade.
(b) To destroy German imperialism.
(c) To break the back of the German working class.
(d) To wipe out all Germans.

12. Though Ludendorff was important in the planning, who was the public face of the German victory at Tannenberg?
(a) Hindenberg.
(b) Kaiser William II.
(c) The Crown Prince.
(d) Von Kluck.

13. What made Hindenburg stand out as a candidate to replace Prittwitz as Commander of the German Eighth Army?
(a) He was older, and thus wiser.
(b) He was a young fellow, barely out of the war college.
(c) He was imperturbable.
(d) He was easily frightened.

14. As the Prittwitz continued to remain committed to a German retreat, what did Moltke finally do?
(a) Encourage him.
(b) Replace him.
(c) Order him to hold his ground.
(d) Promote him.

15. On what day did Rennenkampf officially open his offensive with his entire army?
(a) August 13.
(b) August 17.
(c) August 16.
(d) August 14.