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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The German fear of what did not run as deep as their commitment to Socialism?
2. The German ultimatum to what country expired at noon on Saturday, August 1?
3. How many German trains were “each exquisitely scheduled to click over specified tracks at specified intervals of ten minutes” (79)
4. Why did the Belgians not have any heavy artillery?
5. The doctrine of the offensive in France created even further disdain of what part of the military?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the day called Der Tag?
2. 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.
3. In the beginning of Chapter 2 it is revealed that the alliances and counter-alliances of the various powers of Europe had created a “heap of swords piled as delicately as jackstraws” (18). How does this complex web of alliances help lead to the outbreak of war in 1914?
4. 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).
5. Why, right up until the invasion actually happened, did many still believe that the German armies would not actually invade Belgium?
6. What kind of things did King Albert of Belgium hear when he visited Berlin in Chapter 8?
7. Who was appointed the new generalissimo of the French armies and what branch of the French military did he come from?
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. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze why Russia “exercised a spell upon Europe” (56) that was in many ways contradictory to its actual power and situation.
Essay Topic 2
Explain why when Wilson asked Foch what the smallest British military force was that would be of assistance to the French, Foch answered: “A single British soldier–and we will see to it that he is killed” (49).
Essay Topic 3
Why is the battle of the Marne remembered by the taxis?
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