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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 many men did Kitchener announce the Britain must be prepared to put into the field?
(a) An army of millions.
(b) An army of 100,000.
(c) An army of 12 divisions.
(d) An army of at least 50 divisions.

2. 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) The cooks prepared the food on horseback.
(d) They were on wheels, set up right in moving wagons.

3. What did Samsonov do after losing his army in battle at Tannenberg?
(a) Committed suicide.
(b) Fled the field of battle and was never seen again.
(c) Begged the Czar’s forgiveness.
(d) Decided to right the wrong and turn on the Germans once again.

4. Though the Russian defeat at Tannenberg was terrible, what good did it accomplish for France?
(a) It caused the Germans to send two corps from the Western Front to the Eastern Front.
(b) It showed the world that the French were the only hope of stopping the Germans.
(c) It distracted the German high command, who could think of nothing but the Slavic hordes in East Prussia.
(d) It convinced Britain that they needed to help France.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the two Russian armies did the German Eighth Army choose to attack with all of its strength before the other could come to help?

3. What was the medieval city of Louvain known for?

4. Prittwitz, considering the Russian threat too great, decided the Germans should retire behind what river as previously planned?

5. Where were the two German corps that were supposed to be at the junction of Hausen and Bulow’s armies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. After the Battle of the Frontiers, with the Allies in retreat, what part of the German line attacked through Belgium and France, and what farm implement is their attack compared to?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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