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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?
2. When the British fleet is sent to the safety of its war base, Churchill says what is a “nightmare gone forever” (93)?
3. What part of the French uniform did the former War Minister M. Etienne refuse to give up?
4. How many wives had Sukhomlinov had?
5. Were the French unaware of the possibility of an attack from the German right wing?
Short Essay Questions
1. While the Germans had defeated the French in the Franco-Prussian war that ended in 1870, what condition was France in when World War I began just over 40 years later?
2. Who controlled the area of Alsace when the war began, and who had controlled it before that?
3. What last minute option to avoid war was presented to Kaiser William II?
4. What ultimatum did Germany send to Brussels?
5. Who was appointed the new generalissimo of the French armies and what branch of the French military did he come from?
6. How did Belgium, and King Albert, finally decide to respond to the ultimatum from Germany?
7. What was unique about the thoughts of the American Minister in Brussels about what the Belgian king’s 12-year-old son was thinking as he watched his father reject the German ultimatum?
8. Why did Britain and France create joint military plans in 1905 after Russia was defeated by the Japanese on the other side of the world?
9. What was meant by the line, “'When you march into France’ he said, ‘let the last man on the right brush the Channel with is sleeve’" (25).
10. How was the news of war received in France?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the statement “Instantly converted from Marx to Mars” (74) at the beginning of Chapter 6.
Essay Topic 2
The “Schlieffen Plan” was primarily aimed at knocking France out of a war before Russia could mobilize its armies to help. Explain how this plan became the obsessive focal point of all German plans before war began.
Essay Topic 3
Why is the battle of the Marne remembered by the taxis?
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