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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 battle did the British participate in on August 23?
2. Though Ludendorff was important in the planning, who was the public face of the German victory at Tannenberg?
3. On what day was Brussels occupied by the Germans?
4. Which of the two Russian armies did the German Eighth Army choose to attack with all of its strength before the other could come to help?
5. The German and French attacks, each from their extreme right wing, is compared to what?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
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. Why was Rennenkamampf’s line “You can take off your clothes now; the Germans are retiring” (276) in Chapter 15 criticized afterward?
4. What was the Allied leadership beginning to realize by the end of August 23?
5. 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?
6. Why did OHL offer to send Ludendorff three corps from the Western Front?
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 was the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) doing from August 6-10?
9. What did Lanrezac see his Fifth army as left to do while the rest of the French army attacked according to Plan 17?
10. Explain the relationship between Ludendorff and Hindenburg, as well as the phrase “‘Was sagst du?’ (What do you say?)” (284).
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is the battle of the Marne remembered by the taxis?
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
What are the consequences of the Goeben and Breslau bringing Turkey into the war on the side of Germany, as discussed at the end of Chapter 10?
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