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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was asked to be the Governor of Paris and to direct its defense?
(a) Joffre.
(b) Sir John French.
(c) Poincare.
(d) Gallieni.

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

3. What did Samsonov do after losing his army in battle at Tannenberg?
(a) Begged the Czar’s forgiveness.
(b) Decided to right the wrong and turn on the Germans once again.
(c) Fled the field of battle and was never seen again.
(d) Committed suicide.

4. When the German ships were allowed to enter the Dardanelles, what was the order for the forts to do if British ships followed?
(a) To send them away with a stern warning.
(b) To fire on them.
(c) To let them pass.
(d) To fire at them with a surprise torpedo attack.

5. What was a traditional companion of war for the Russians that was prohibited during the invasion of Germany?
(a) Weekends off.
(b) Warm meals.
(c) Sick leave.
(d) Vodka.

6. 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) Sir John French’s army.
(b) Rennenkampf’s army.
(c) Joffre’s army.
(d) Samsonov’s army.

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

8. What haunted Ludendorff as he directed the German Eighth Army to attack Samsonov’s Russian army?
(a) The knowledge that the Western Front could collapse at any minute.
(b) The knowledge that if he failed, the whole war would be lost.
(c) The knowledge that Rennenkampf’s army was behind him.
(d) The knowledge that he had not slept in days and doubted his judgment.

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

10. How did each German regiment’s field kitchen keep up while on the march?
(a) The cooks prepared the food on horseback.
(b) They were on wheels, set up right in moving wagons.
(c) The cooks were driven ahead and then prepared food for the soldiers where they would end their march.
(d) They were in the back of moving vans.

11. How did general Joffre want to treat the Belgian army?
(a) As part of the British army.
(b) Simply as a wing of the French Army.
(c) As a strong and independent ally.
(d) As an enemy.

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

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

14. When the Germans began shooting civilians and burning towns and cities, what were they compared to?
(a) Aetius the Roman.
(b) Geiseric the Vandal.
(c) Attila the Hun.
(d) Alaric the Goth.

15. What did Ludendorff hear from Colonel Tappen that astonished him?
(a) An order to stop where he was and defend his position.
(b) An order to cease and desist with his plans to attack the Russians.
(c) An offer to promote him to Chief of Operations of all German military.
(d) An offer to sent three corps and a cavalry division to support him from the Western Front.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country was known as the Great Neutral?

2. What kind of units were the first Germans to cross over the Belgian border?

3. Who was called the “Sick Man” of Europe? (137)

4. Who dominated the British staff in the end of Chapter 14?

5. At one point during the reatreat, when Lanrezac was convinced that Joffre’s plan was a bad one, he refused to move without what?

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