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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. After Grey convinced the House that war was a grave possibility, what did he tell Churchill was next to do?
(a) Declare war on Germany.
(b) Send Germany an ultimatum to stop invading Belgium.
(c) Declare war on Belgium.
(d) Send France an assurance of English commitment.

2. What part of the French uniform did the former War Minister M. Etienne refuse to give up?
(a) The blue uniform.
(b) The red trousers.
(c) The white socks.
(d) The red kepi.

3. What did Italy decide to do “with the clarity of insight possessed by the Latin intellect”?
(a) Remain neutral.
(b) Side with Germany.
(c) Attack Austria.
(d) Side with France.

4. 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 the Germans did not think England would join France in the war.
(c) That he saw England as an extension of the Russian war effort.
(d) That he never even considered the possibility.

5. What former U.S president was present at the funeral of Edward VII?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Calvin Coolidge.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Grey sent telegrams asking for a confirmation of Belgian neutrality, who responded within an hour?

2. What was “an unimportant obstacle” (18) to Schlieffen, along with the River Pregel?

3. What set Bismarck apart from other German leaders?

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

5. Why did the French insist that Russia attack by the 15th day of war, regardless of its readiness?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Contrast Schlieffen’s bold plan of a right wing attack with his successor General von Moltke’s will to carry it out.

3. What did King Albert decide regarding calling for help from Britain and France at the end of Chapter 8?

4. While the Germans had defeated the French in the Franco-Prussian war that ended in 1870, what condition was France in when World War I began just over 40 years later?

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

6. What was meant by the line, “'When you march into France’ he said, ‘let the last man on the right brush the Channel with is sleeve’" (25).

7. Why did Britain and France create joint military plans in 1905 after Russia was defeated by the Japanese on the other side of the world?

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

9. Contrast the differences between the Elder von Moltke’s view of the next war being a long war and the general opinion of the younger generation who thought the next war would not feasibly last very long at all.

10. Who was appointed the new generalissimo of the French armies and what branch of the French military did he come from?

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