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

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

3. 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 Uhlan cavalry.
(c) The enormous German siege cannon.
(d) The light German field artillery.

4. Though Ludendorff was important in the planning, who was the public face of the German victory at Tannenberg?
(a) Hindenberg.
(b) The Crown Prince.
(c) Von Kluck.
(d) Kaiser William II.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day did Rennenkampf officially open his offensive with his entire army?

2. What made Hindenburg stand out as a candidate to replace Prittwitz as Commander of the German Eighth Army?

3. How many German men were being assembled along the Belgian and French frontiers?

4. Why did Brussels go “mad with excitement” in Chapter 11 (176)?

5. What did the cry Kosaken kommen mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. On August 5 Emmich’s brigades attacked what place and how? How did the attack initially go?

3. What idea did a Turkish minister think of to allow the chased German fleet to enter the safety of the Dardanelles in Chapter 10?

4. What was Joffre referring to when he said, “There is reason to await with confidence the development of operations” (230) at the end of Chapter 13?

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. What orders from the Russian General Staff were issued on August 10 regarding the situation in France?

9. Why was Wavre in flames when Ludendorff drove by it, whereas just a day before it had been a peaceful town? Why is this important to the story?

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

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