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

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

3. Prittwitz, considering the Russian threat too great, decided the Germans should retire behind what river as previously planned?
(a) The Vistula.
(b) The Mississippi.
(c) The Rhine.
(d) The Thames.

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

5. When the Grand Duke was appointed Comander in Chief of the Russian forces, why did he shed tears?
(a) Because he really did not want the job of Commander in Chief.
(b) Because he realized that the Russian promises to aid the French was more than they could fulfill.
(c) Because he had wanted the job of Commander in Chief for his entire life.
(d) Because he was overjoyed to use the Russians to help the French.

Short Answer Questions

1. On August 24, after days of terrible news of the disaster of Plan 17, what did Joffre finally tell Messimy?

2. What was a General Staff artillery officer in the French army referring to when he said, “Thank God we don’t have any!” (207)?

3. What anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo had almost arrived when the British reached it on their march to Mons?

4. What was the situation of the German navy and merchant shipping by the end of August?

5. While Germany had the second largest fleet in the world, how many ships did it have total in the Mediterranean Sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the German fleet of the Goeben and Breslau, sold to the Turks but still commanded by the German Admiral Souchon, provoke Germany's enemies and drag Turkey into the war?

2. Explain how General Joffre came across as a commander, particularly based on the description from Chapter 11 (184).

3. What was the Allied leadership beginning to realize by the end of August 23?

4. Why was Rennenkamampf’s line “You can take off your clothes now; the Germans are retiring” (276) in Chapter 15 criticized afterward?

5. How many prisoners did the Germans capture at Tannenberg and how many trains were required to move them all?

6. What inescapable truth was realized after the battles of Mons and Charleroi, and what country did it make important as a source of supplies?

7. What was the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) doing from August 6-10?

8. What effect did the Germans’ harsh treatment of civilians and non-military personnel have on the two sides and the war in general?

9. Why did OHL offer to send Ludendorff three corps from the Western Front?

10. What did the two telegrams intercepted by German command in the beginning of Chapter 16 say, and what decision did it help the Germans make?

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