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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. As the Prittwitz continued to remain committed to a German retreat, what did Moltke finally do?
(a) Encourage him.
(b) Order him to hold his ground.
(c) Replace him.
(d) Promote him.

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

3. 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 sent three corps and a cavalry division to support him from the Western Front.
(c) An offer to promote him to Chief of Operations of all German military.
(d) An order to cease and desist with his plans to attack the Russians.

4. While the German ships in Chapter 10 sailed through the night, dogged by a British ship, what did their inferior coal do?
(a) Polluted the air more than any other ship for a hundred miles around.
(b) Burned clean because of the German’s superior engines.
(c) Blotched the moonlit sky with black clouds.
(d) Caused a fire in the ship’s engines.

5. As the Allies retreated from the German advance, British casualties continued to grow, solidifying Sir John French’s desire to do what?
(a) Use his army to finish off the Germans once and for all.
(b) Bring his army out of the fight and out of France.
(c) Give his boys a few weeks of rest.
(d) Work in close concert with the French to find a path to victory.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How quickly did Ludendorff leave when he learned of his promotion to Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army in the East?

4. What did the German navy eventually resort to as a belated effort to break the British naval blockade?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it said in the beginning of Chapter 10, regarding the German fleet of the Goeben and the Breslau, that “No other single exploit of the war cast so long a shadow upon the world as the voyage accomplished by their commander during the next seven days”?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What happened to the people of Andenne when they were accused of attacking the Germans, and how did the Germans use this information?

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