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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 did the cry Kosaken kommen mean?
(a) The commanders are coming.
(b) The Cossacks are coming.
(c) The Cossack commanders.
(d) More sake please.

2. Who had the superiority of numbers in the fighting in the Ardennes that took place in Chapter 14?
(a) The British.
(b) The local guerrilla force called the Army of the Ardennes.
(c) The French.
(d) The Germans.

3. On the morning of the Battle of Mons, Sir John French estimated the German forces they were about to fight at one or two army corps plus cavalry. How large was it really?
(a) Sir John French was accurate in his assessment.
(b) Four corps and three cavalry divisions.
(c) Six corps and some cavalry.
(d) Sixteen corps but no cavalry.

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

5. The Germans put the number of victims in the massacre at Andenne at 110 people. What was the Belgian number?
(a) 115.
(b) 194.
(c) 211.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Samsonov do after losing his army in battle at Tannenberg?

2. Why did the disaster at Tannenberg not initially scare the Russian people?

3. How did the two-day Russian retreat from Tannenberg go?

4. What did Ludendorff hear from Colonel Tappen that astonished him?

5. Who was asked to be the Governor of Paris and to direct its defense?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What decision did Lanrezac make in Chapter 15 which he believed Joffre would disapprove of?

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

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

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

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

9. What did Lanrezac see his Fifth army as left to do while the rest of the French army attacked according to Plan 17?

10. While everyone was watching the extreme German right wing, what other conflict was going on in Lorraine?

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