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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many men did Kitchener announce the Britain must be prepared to put into the field?
(a) An army of millions.
(b) An army of at least 50 divisions.
(c) An army of 100,000.
(d) An army of 12 divisions.

3. Why did Brussels go “mad with excitement” in Chapter 11 (176)?
(a) The city held a war rally.
(b) They had received news of the German army’s surrender.
(c) They had received news of their army repulsing the German attack the day before.
(d) They had heard that war was declared on Germany.

4. Which of the two Russian armies did the German Eighth Army choose to attack with all of its strength before the other could come to help?
(a) Samsonov’s army.
(b) Joffre’s army.
(c) Rennenkampf’s army.
(d) Sir John French’s army.

5. While the German ships in Chapter 10 sailed through the night, dogged by a British ship, what did their inferior coal do?
(a) Polluted the air more than any other ship for a hundred miles around.
(b) Caused a fire in the ship’s engines.
(c) Blotched the moonlit sky with black clouds.
(d) Burned clean because of the German’s superior engines.

6. What did the German armies do during the first four days of Dubail’s and Castelnau’s offensive into Lorraine?
(a) They retired slowly, according to their plan.
(b) They retired slowly, fighting for ever inch of territory.
(c) They attacked and drove back the French.
(d) The held their ground and did not give an inch of territory.

7. What did the Russian soldiers do when they saw an airplane, regardless of whose side it was on?
(a) Waved in a friendly manner.
(b) Used anti-aircraft guns to bring it down.
(c) Stared in amazement.
(d) Shot at it.

8. How many German men were being assembled along the Belgian and French frontiers?
(a) 2,000,000.
(b) 6,000,000.
(c) 1,500,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

9. At one point during the reatreat, when Lanrezac was convinced that Joffre’s plan was a bad one, he refused to move without what?
(a) A verbal agreement that it was not his idea.
(b) A written order to do so.
(c) An assurance of victory.
(d) A day of rest for his troops.

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

11. 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 Uhlan cavalry.
(c) The plan of starving out the enemy.
(d) The light German field artillery.

12. Who was called the “Sick Man” of Europe? (137)
(a) The Ottoman Empire.
(b) Kaiser William II.
(c) Russia.
(d) The Russian Czar.

13. What famous location lay between Mons and Brussels?
(a) Paris.
(b) The Ardennes.
(c) Waterloo.
(d) Berlin.

14. What did the British “requisition” (140) from the Turkish?
(a) Two ships they had made for them.
(b) Five ships the Turkish had lying in an British port.
(c) Five million pounds owed as a war debt.
(d) A promise to stay out of the war.

15. What did Admiral Milne not think of as a destination for the German fleet he was hunting?
(a) The Dardanelles.
(b) The Adriatic Sea.
(c) London.
(d) The Black Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a day of fierce fighting, the British withdrew from Mons. What did the Germans do?

2. How did each German regiment’s field kitchen keep up while on the march?

3. The destruction of what army was the German general von Kluck’s task?

4. What was the gateway into Belgium from Germany?

5. What was the medieval city of Louvain known for?

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