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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (Chapters 15-19).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Germans were obsessively concerned about violations of what?
(a) International law.
(b) International peace.
(c) International rugby tournaments.
(d) International war.

2. What was the situation of the German navy and merchant shipping by the end of August?
(a) They had disappeared from the open seas.
(b) They had conquered the seas.
(c) They were gathering in the North Sea to fight with the British.
(d) They had resorted to incessant U-boat attacks.

3. When Grey sent telegrams asking for a confirmation of Belgian neutrality, who responded within an hour?
(a) Germany.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

4. When the British fleet is sent to the safety of its war base, Churchill says what is a “nightmare gone forever” (93)?
(a) A surprise torpedo attack.
(b) A storm at sea.
(c) An attack by the German navy.
(d) Running out of coal for the ships.

5. How did each German regiment’s field kitchen keep up while on the march?
(a) They were on wheels, set up right in moving wagons.
(b) They were in the back of moving vans.
(c) The cooks were driven ahead and then prepared food for the soldiers where they would end their march.
(d) The cooks prepared the food on horseback.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose funeral sets the scene in Chapter 1?

2. What revolutionary way did Schlieffen find to get enough men for his plan?

3. When the German attack on the forts of Liege failed miserably, what did Ludendorff insist needed to be brought into action?

4. How many German trains were “each exquisitely scheduled to click over specified tracks at specified intervals of ten minutes” (79)

5. When the Germans began shooting civilians and burning towns and cities, what were they compared to?

(see the answer key)

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