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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. When the German attack on the forts of Liege failed miserably, what did Ludendorff insist needed to be brought into action?
(a) The light German field artillery.
(b) The plan of starving out the enemy.
(c) The enormous German siege cannon.
(d) The Uhlan cavalry.

2. Why did Brussels go “mad with excitement” in Chapter 11 (176)?
(a) They had received news of the German army’s surrender.
(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) The city held a war rally.

3. Who was chosen as the new commander of the German Eighth Army?
(a) Ludendorff.
(b) Von Below.
(c) Hindenburg.
(d) Von Kluck.

4. Where were the two German corps that were supposed to be at the junction of Hausen and Bulow’s armies?
(a) They had been left behind as a garrison for Belgium.
(b) They had been given a few days of leave to catch their breath.
(c) They had fallen behind in the speed of the German advance.
(d) They were on their way to unnecessarily reinforce the Eastern Front.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point during the reatreat, when Lanrezac was convinced that Joffre’s plan was a bad one, he refused to move without what?

2. Why did the Council in Britain order at the last minute that only four out of the six divisions be sent to France?

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

4. The Germans were obsessively concerned about violations of what?

5. As the Battle of Tannenberg ended, what news came regarding Rennenkampf’s 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. Why was Rennenkamampf’s line “You can take off your clothes now; the Germans are retiring” (276) in Chapter 15 criticized afterward?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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