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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. As the Battle of Tannenberg ended, what news came regarding Rennenkampf’s army?
(a) That it was attacking them from the rear.
(b) That it had joined up with Samsonov’s army.
(c) That it was on the march and would be there within the hour.
(d) That it was on the march but would not reach them that day.

4. How quickly did Ludendorff leave when he learned of his promotion to Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army in the East?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) One day.
(c) Three quarters of an hour.
(d) One hour.

5. What anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo had almost arrived when the British reached it on their march to Mons?
(a) The 20th anniversary.
(b) The 50th anniversary.
(c) The 100th anniversary.
(d) The 200th anniversary.

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

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

8. Where were the two German corps that were supposed to be at the junction of Hausen and Bulow’s armies?
(a) They had fallen behind in the speed of the German advance.
(b) They had been left behind as a garrison for Belgium.
(c) They were on their way to unnecessarily reinforce the Eastern Front.
(d) They had been given a few days of leave to catch their breath.

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

10. What did the German navy eventually resort to as a belated effort to break the British naval blockade?
(a) Declaring the sea a neutral zone for all nations.
(b) The use of U-boats.
(c) The use of their main fleet.
(d) A desperate attack by sea.

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

12. What was the situation of the German navy and merchant shipping by the end of August?
(a) They had resorted to incessant U-boat attacks.
(b) They had conquered the seas.
(c) They were gathering in the North Sea to fight with the British.
(d) They had disappeared from the open seas.

13. Right from the first day of invasion the Germans shot both Belgian civilians and who else?
(a) French immigrants.
(b) German civilians.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Priests.

14. What preparations had the Russians made specifically regarding their promise to help the French?
(a) A decent amount, but there was much still to do.
(b) Very little. They had not had much time.
(c) None. They had to improvise.
(d) Everything. They were ready like a well-oiled machine.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The Germans put the number of victims in the massacre at Andenne at 110 people. What was the Belgian number?

4. The German and French attacks, each from their extreme right wing, is compared to what?

5. What does Tuchman say “cast a long shadow upon the world” (137)?

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