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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (Chapter 6-9).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the old Field Marshal Moltke think the next war could last?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 20 weeks.

2. What country created Plan 17?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

3. What revolutionary way did Schlieffen find to get enough men for his plan?
(a) To conscript men across Germany.
(b) To use reserve units in the front lines.
(c) To lower the military service age limit.
(d) To hire mercenaries from Italy.

4. The German army used against France was six times bigger in 1914 than it had been in 1870. How big was it?
(a) 1 million men.
(b) 1.5 million men.
(c) .5 million men.
(d) 3 million men.

5. What was the one precaution the German commanders did not plan for?
(a) Flexibility.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Train traffic.
(d) Rest.

Short Answer Questions

1. The doctrine of the offensive in France created even further disdain of what part of the military?

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

3. The Cabinet in Britain divided from what event in Britain’s past?

4. How many weeks did the Germans estimate Russia would need to mobilize its armies?

5. Whose funeral sets the scene in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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