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

2. When the Grand Duke was appointed Comander in Chief of the Russian forces, why did he shed tears?

3. What did Samsonov do after losing his army in battle at Tannenberg?

4. Russia was so alarmed at the German ship Goeben arriving in Turkish waters, that it was even willing to give up its claim to what to keep the peace?

5. What did the Russian soldiers do when they saw an airplane, regardless of whose side it was on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did the two telegrams intercepted by German command in the beginning of Chapter 16 say, and what decision did it help the Germans make?

7. 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”?

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

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

10. Fed up with the German high command’s (called OHL throughout the book) unwillingness to give certain orders, how did Prince Rupprecht respond regarding his desire to attack the French?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Paris look like in Chapter 20, with the German invasion force nearly at the gates?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the statement “Instantly converted from Marx to Mars” (74) at the beginning of Chapter 6.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the objectives of the French and German attacks that culminated in the Battle of the Frontiers.

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