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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. What set Bismarck apart from other German leaders?
(a) He was the most academic of them all.
(b) He had clear goals while others did not know what they wanted.
(c) He was a champion when others were afraid.
(d) He was a war hero with scars, while everyone else was spoiled aristocracy.

2. The doctrine of the offensive in France created even further disdain of what part of the military?
(a) The tanks.
(b) The reserves.
(c) The cavalry.
(d) The infantry.

3. What humiliation in their past did the French want to avenge?
(a) Their defeat at Sedan.
(b) Their defeat at Hastings.
(c) Their defeat at Waterloo.
(d) Their defeat at sea by the Germans.

4. Why did the French insist that Russia attack by the 15th day of war, regardless of its readiness?
(a) They wanted Germany to be forced to fight on two fronts.
(b) They knew Russia would utterly defeat the Germans.
(c) They wanted Germany to leave them alone.
(d) They knew Britain would join them if the Russians did.

5. How fast did Albert read books?
(a) One per day.
(b) Two per week.
(c) Two per day.
(d) One per month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country was Bethmann referring to when he said, “it was like striking a man from behind while he was fighting for his life against two assailants” (129)

2. What does King Albert decide to try after Germany refuses to respond to formal messages to prevent a war?

3. What was the elder Moltke found reading on mobilization day in 1870?

4. After Grey convinced the House that war was a grave possibility, what did he tell Churchill was next to do?

5. When Grey sent telegrams asking for a confirmation of Belgian neutrality, who responded within an hour?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the day called Der Tag?

2. What ultimatum did Germany send to Brussels?

3. What is Grey’s speech before the House in Chapter 9 about and how was it received?

4. What was meant by the line, “'When you march into France’ he said, ‘let the last man on the right brush the Channel with is sleeve’" (25).

5. What was Plan 17?

6. 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?

7. What kind of things did King Albert of Belgium hear when he visited Berlin in Chapter 8?

8. 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?

9. In the beginning of Chapter 2 it is revealed that the alliances and counter-alliances of the various powers of Europe had created a “heap of swords piled as delicately as jackstraws” (18). How does this complex web of alliances help lead to the outbreak of war in 1914?

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

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