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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kaiser William II mean when he said, “If only someone had told me beforehand that England would take up arms against us!” (120)?
(a) That the English lied to him.
(b) That he saw England as an extension of the Russian war effort.
(c) That the Germans did not think England would join France in the war.
(d) That he never even considered the possibility.

2. How many men did Russia have available for military service?
(a) 6,500,000.
(b) 5,000,000.
(c) 6,000,000.
(d) 5,500,000.

3. How did Clausewitz claim one could win public opinion?
(a) By giving the people what they want.
(b) By outsmarting your opponents.
(c) By gaining victories and the enemy’s capital.
(d) By outspending your opponents.

4. What did Lloyd George think that the boom of Big Ben sounded like?
(a) Doom, doom, doom.
(b) A clock striking 11 P.M.
(c) Soon, soon, soon.
(d) Gloom, gloom, gloom.

5. What was the elder Moltke found reading on mobilization day in 1870?
(a) The Great Illusion.
(b) Germany and the Next War.
(c) The Lord of the Rings.
(d) Lady Audley’s Secret.

6. What did Moltke mean when he said “The deployment of men cannot be improvised.”? (79)
(a) That the Kaiser needed to take an improv class.
(b) That the Kaiser needed to stop whining.
(c) That the Kaiser could not play war games.
(d) That the Kaiser could not stop things that were now in motion.

7. The artful, indolent, pleasure-loving Sukhomlinov was the Minister of War for what country?
(a) Austria.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

8. What did the book The Great Illusion try to prove?
(a) That war made you strong.
(b) That war was a human necessity.
(c) That war was inconvenient.
(d) That war had become vain.

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

10. How many “prongs” would Russia have in its invasion of Germany (65)?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

11. What were Schlieffen’s last words about the right wing?
(a) To make it strong.
(b) To make it fast.
(c) To brush the Channel with its sleeve.
(d) To keep it balanced.

12. 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.

13. What signal let loose “the irresistible onrush of events” that led to war?
(a) Germany’s assurance to support Russia against Austrian aggression.
(b) Germany’s assurance to support Austria against Russian aggression.
(c) Russia promising to support Serbia against Austrian aggression.
(d) Russia promising to support Serbia against German aggression.

14. Why did the German General Staff believe that Britain belligerency would not affect the war?
(a) They did not think the British could fight very well.
(b) They thought it would be over in four months.
(c) They expected to defeat the British at sea and keep them from reaching the mainland.
(d) They wanted to prove themselves better than all other Europeans.

15. What did Kaiser William II say to M. Pichon of France at dinner that caused a fuss?
(a) That the food was too cold for German palettes.
(b) That he did not appreciate the French. Not at all.
(c) That France would side with Germany in a war with England.
(d) That his French ancestry was a blight on his German pedigree.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What former U.S president was present at the funeral of Edward VII?

3. How long did the old Field Marshal Moltke think the next war could last?

4. After Grey convinced the House that war was a grave possibility, what did he tell Churchill was next to do?

5. Which of these was a chapter title from the book Germany and the Next War?

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