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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1 (Chapters 1-5).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the French insist that Russia attack by the 15th day of war, regardless of its readiness?
(a) They knew Russia would utterly defeat the Germans.
(b) They knew Britain would join them if the Russians did.
(c) They wanted Germany to be forced to fight on two fronts.
(d) They wanted Germany to leave them alone.

2. How many weeks did the Germans estimate Russia would need to mobilize its armies?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Four weeks.

3. What did Foch say was the first condition of victory?
(a) The discipline of war.
(b) The destruction of the enemy.
(c) The will to conquer.
(d) The desire for freedom.

4. Some of Russia’s deficiencies in war had been exposed in its war with what country less than a decade before World War I?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The Vietcong.
(d) The Chinese.

5. What was one of the two options the Germans had for fighting a Russian offensive split into two wings?
(a) Split their own army into two wings.
(b) Attack both wings at once.
(c) Try to get behind the Russian armies.
(d) Attack one wing before the other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?

2. Schlieffen’s plan was derived from what ancient general at what ancient battle?

3. Were the French unaware of the possibility of an attack from the German right wing?

4. What instrument was played at King Edward VII’s funeral?

5. Whose funeral sets the scene in Chapter 1?

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