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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. On the morning of the Battle of Mons, Sir John French estimated the German forces they were about to fight at one or two army corps plus cavalry. How large was it really?
(a) Sir John French was accurate in his assessment.
(b) Six corps and some cavalry.
(c) Sixteen corps but no cavalry.
(d) Four corps and three cavalry divisions.

2. What preparations had the Russians made specifically regarding their promise to help the French?
(a) Everything. They were ready like a well-oiled machine.
(b) Very little. They had not had much time.
(c) A decent amount, but there was much still to do.
(d) None. They had to improvise.

3. What famous location lay between Mons and Brussels?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) Berlin.
(c) The Ardennes.
(d) Paris.

4. As the Allies retreated from the German advance, British casualties continued to grow, solidifying Sir John French’s desire to do what?
(a) Work in close concert with the French to find a path to victory.
(b) Use his army to finish off the Germans once and for all.
(c) Give his boys a few weeks of rest.
(d) Bring his army out of the fight and out of France.

5. What does Tuchman say “cast a long shadow upon the world” (137)?
(a) The German ultimatum to the Belgians.
(b) The voyage of the Goeben and the Breslau.
(c) The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
(d) The British ultimatum to Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. In spite of reports of disaster and defeat, both Wilson and Joffre continued to plan on what strategy as Chapter 14 draws to a close?

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

3. When the German ships were allowed to enter the Dardanelles, what was the order for the forts to do if British ships followed?

4. On what day did a small detachment of the Russian army open the offensive into East Prussia?

5. Russia was so alarmed at the German ship Goeben arriving in Turkish waters, that it was even willing to give up its claim to what to keep the peace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did the Germans’ harsh treatment of civilians and non-military personnel have on the two sides and the war in general?

2. After the Battle of the Frontiers, with the Allies in retreat, what part of the German line attacked through Belgium and France, and what farm implement is their attack compared to?

3. Why was Rennenkamampf’s line “You can take off your clothes now; the Germans are retiring” (276) in Chapter 15 criticized afterward?

4. What was the Allied leadership beginning to realize by the end of August 23?

5. What orders from the Russian General Staff were issued on August 10 regarding the situation in France?

6. What did Lanrezac see his Fifth army as left to do while the rest of the French army attacked according to Plan 17?

7. How did the German fleet of the Goeben and Breslau, sold to the Turks but still commanded by the German Admiral Souchon, provoke Germany's enemies and drag Turkey into the war?

8. Why was Wavre in flames when Ludendorff drove by it, whereas just a day before it had been a peaceful town? Why is this important to the story?

9. On August 5 Emmich’s brigades attacked what place and how? How did the attack initially go?

10. Explain how General Joffre came across as a commander, particularly based on the description from Chapter 11 (184).

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