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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does King Albert decide to try after Germany refuses to respond to formal messages to prevent a war?
(a) He decided to visit Berlin to calm things down.
(b) He decided to try a private phone call with the Kaiser.
(c) He decides to try a private appeal to the Kaiser.
(d) He decided to raise more soldiers and prepare for war.

2. What country was Bethmann referring to when he said, “it was like striking a man from behind while he was fighting for his life against two assailants” (129)
(a) Germany.
(b) Belgium.
(c) France.
(d) England.

3. How long did Russian pessimists think the war would last, causing them to be labeled “defeatists”? (119)
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Four years.

4. What took place at two minutes past eight on the morning of August 4?
(a) The British sent their ultimatum to Germany.
(b) The French assured Britain to respect Belgian neutrality.
(c) The Germans crossed the Belgian border.
(d) The German ultimatum to Belgium was rejected.

5. The doctrine of the offensive in France created even further disdain of what part of the military?
(a) The tanks.
(b) The cavalry.
(c) The reserves.
(d) The infantry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many corps did the German army have?

2. What did the wave of financial panic shut down in London?

3. What did Moltke’s nickname der traurige Julius mean in English?

4. What humiliation in their past did the French want to avenge?

5. The German ultimatum to what country expired at noon on Saturday, August 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who said this and what did they mean: ”Some Damned Foolish thing in the Balkans” (71)?

2. What was Plan 17?

3. What was the day called Der Tag?

4. What were the two parts of Britain’s ultimatum to Germany, of which only the second part was truly an ultimatum?

5. What last minute option to avoid war was presented to Kaiser William II?

6. Who controlled the area of Alsace when the war began, and who had controlled it before that?

7. What other country besides Germany planned to use the open frontier of Belgium as a route of invasion, however this time only after the Germans had violated Belgian neutrality? How did they plan to do this?

8. How did Belgium, and King Albert, finally decide to respond to the ultimatum from Germany?

9. What is Grey’s speech before the House in Chapter 9 about and how was it received?

10. How does the breakdown of German corps on their left, center, and right at the end of Chapter 2 (26) give the appearance of a sweeping hammer blow?

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