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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. In the end of Chapter 4, how many infantry divisions did Joffre think he could count on from England?
2. The German ultimatum to what country expired at noon on Saturday, August 1?
3. Why did the French insist that Russia attack by the 15th day of war, regardless of its readiness?
4. What did Sukhomlinov belive was superior to the bullet?
5. What state were the Belgian troops in when war was declared?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. What ultimatum did Germany send to Brussels?
3. 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?
4. Who said this and what did they mean: ”Some Damned Foolish thing in the Balkans” (71)?
5. What kind of things did King Albert of Belgium hear when he visited Berlin in Chapter 8?
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. How was the news of war received in France?
8. What color uniforms had the British and Germans changed to, and what country had not yet changed its uniforms before the war began?
9. What was the day called Der Tag?
10. Why, right up until the invasion actually happened, did many still believe that the German armies would not actually invade Belgium?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain how the French attack in Lorraine and Prince Rupprecht’s desire to attack with the German left flank effect the German command’s willingness to stay committed to a strong right-wing-only attack through Belgium.
Essay Topic 2
Describe in your own words the appearance of the waves of field gray uniforms and the general scene of the initial entrance of the German armies into Belgium from Chapter 11.
Essay Topic 3
Break down and explain the statement in Chapter 7, “Britain’s “predicament resulted from a split personality evident both within the Cabinet and between the parties” (90).
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