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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 part of the French uniform did the former War Minister M. Etienne refuse to give up?
2. What state were the Belgian troops in when war was declared?
3. What was one of the two options the Germans had for fighting a Russian offensive split into two wings?
4. What was the only country in Europe that did not have conscription?
5. The doctrine of the offensive in France created even further disdain of what part of the military?
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. What kind of things did King Albert of Belgium hear when he visited Berlin in Chapter 8?
3. How does the breakdown of German corps on their left, center, and right at the end of Chapter 2 (26) give the appearance of a sweeping hammer blow?
4. What other country besides Germany planned to use the open frontier of Belgium as a route of invasion, however this time only after the Germans had violated Belgian neutrality? How did they plan to do this?
5. What was the day called Der Tag?
6. What last minute option to avoid war was presented to Kaiser William II?
7. What were the two parts of Britain’s ultimatum to Germany, of which only the second part was truly an ultimatum?
8. What is Grey’s speech before the House in Chapter 9 about and how was it received?
9. 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?
10. What color uniforms had the British and Germans changed to, and what country had not yet changed its uniforms before the war began?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the meaning and false optimism of the statement “You will be home before the leaves have fallen from the trees” (119) from Chapter 9.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the objectives of the French and German attacks that culminated in the Battle of the Frontiers.
Essay Topic 3
Break down and explain the statement in Chapter 7, “Britain’s “predicament resulted from a split personality evident both within the Cabinet and between the parties” (90).
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