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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. Right from the first day of invasion the Germans shot both Belgian civilians and who else?
(a) German civilians.
(b) Politicians.
(c) French immigrants.
(d) Priests.

2. 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) The cooks were driven ahead and then prepared food for the soldiers where they would end their march.
(c) The cooks prepared the food on horseback.
(d) They were in the back of moving vans.

3. What was the gateway into Belgium from Germany?
(a) Liege.
(b) Brussels.
(c) Paris.
(d) Alsace.

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

5. How many years had Belgium been independent?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Five hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Belgians not have any heavy artillery?

2. What did Sukhomlinov belive was superior to the bullet?

3. As the Allies retreated from the German advance, British casualties continued to grow, solidifying Sir John French’s desire to do what?

4. What made Hindenburg stand out as a candidate to replace Prittwitz as Commander of the German Eighth Army?

5. What does Tuchman say “cast a long shadow upon the world” (137)?

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