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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the end of Chapter 4, how many infantry divisions did Joffre think he could count on from England?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. What order did the First Lord Churchill give when he heard of events in Austria in Chapter 7?
(a) For the German fleet to attack the British fleet.
(b) For the British fleet to hide in port.
(c) For the British fleet not to disperse.
(d) For the British fleet to attack the German fleet.

3. What did the wave of financial panic shut down in London?
(a) The Parliament.
(b) The Royal Treasury.
(c) The Stock Exchange.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

4. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?
(a) That his French ancestry was a blight on his German pedigree.
(b) That the food was too cold for German palettes.
(c) That he did not appreciate the French. Not at all.
(d) That France would side with Germany in a war with England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What revolutionary way did Schlieffen find to get enough men for his plan?

2. Instead of a double envelopment of France’s armies, what did Schlieffen settle on?

3. How many wives had Sukhomlinov had?

4. What signal let loose “the irresistible onrush of events” that led to war?

5. Why did the German General Staff believe that Britain belligerency would not affect the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the news of war received in France?

2. What were the two parts of Britain’s ultimatum to Germany, of which only the second part was truly an ultimatum?

3. Why, right up until the invasion actually happened, did many still believe that the German armies would not actually invade Belgium?

4. How did Belgium, and King Albert, finally decide to respond to the ultimatum from Germany?

5. How does the breakdown of German corps on their left, center, and right at the end of Chapter 2 (26) give the appearance of a sweeping hammer blow?

6. Who controlled the area of Alsace when the war began, and who had controlled it before that?

7. Contrast Schlieffen’s bold plan of a right wing attack with his successor General von Moltke’s will to carry it out.

8. What did King Albert decide regarding calling for help from Britain and France at the end of Chapter 8?

9. What was unique about the thoughts of the American Minister in Brussels about what the Belgian king’s 12-year-old son was thinking as he watched his father reject the German ultimatum?

10. Why did Britain and France create joint military plans in 1905 after Russia was defeated by the Japanese on the other side of the world?

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