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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Admiral Milne not think of as a destination for the German fleet he was hunting?
(a) The Black Sea.
(b) The Dardanelles.
(c) The Adriatic Sea.
(d) London.

2. What did the British “requisition” (140) from the Turkish?
(a) Five ships the Turkish had lying in an British port.
(b) Five million pounds owed as a war debt.
(c) A promise to stay out of the war.
(d) Two ships they had made for them.

3. On what day was Brussels occupied by the Germans?
(a) August 12.
(b) August 20.
(c) August 24.
(d) September 1.

4. What battle did the British participate in on August 23?
(a) The Battle of Mons.
(b) The Siege of Liege.
(c) The War of the Roses.
(d) The Battle of the Frontiers.

5. Prittwitz, considering the Russian threat too great, decided the Germans should retire behind what river as previously planned?
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) The Thames.
(c) The Rhine.
(d) The Vistula.

6. The destruction of what army was the German general von Kluck’s task?
(a) The Belgian army.
(b) The Russian army.
(c) The British Expeditionary Force.
(d) The French army.

7. Who was asked to be the Governor of Paris and to direct its defense?
(a) Joffre.
(b) Gallieni.
(c) Poincare.
(d) Sir John French.

8. How quickly did Ludendorff leave when he learned of his promotion to Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army in the East?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) One hour.
(c) Three quarters of an hour.
(d) One day.

9. Who had the superiority of numbers in the fighting in the Ardennes that took place in Chapter 14?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The French.
(c) The local guerrilla force called the Army of the Ardennes.
(d) The British.

10. 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.

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

12. What haunted Ludendorff as he directed the German Eighth Army to attack Samsonov’s Russian army?
(a) The knowledge that Rennenkampf’s army was behind him.
(b) The knowledge that if he failed, the whole war would be lost.
(c) The knowledge that he had not slept in days and doubted his judgment.
(d) The knowledge that the Western Front could collapse at any minute.

13. On what day did a small detachment of the Russian army open the offensive into East Prussia?
(a) August 14.
(b) August 12.
(c) August 15.
(d) August 13.

14. What was the medieval city of Louvain known for?
(a) Its capital building.
(b) The birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte.
(c) The oldest church in France.
(d) It’s University and Library.

15. What made Hindenburg stand out as a candidate to replace Prittwitz as Commander of the German Eighth Army?
(a) He was a young fellow, barely out of the war college.
(b) He was easily frightened.
(c) He was imperturbable.
(d) He was older, and thus wiser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country was known as the Great Neutral?

2. Though the Russian defeat at Tannenberg was terrible, what good did it accomplish for France?

3. What was the situation of the German navy and merchant shipping by the end of August?

4. Who was chosen as the new commander of the German Eighth Army?

5. Which of the two Russian armies did the German Eighth Army choose to attack with all of its strength before the other could come to help?

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