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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. When the Grand Duke was appointed Comander in Chief of the Russian forces, why did he shed tears?
2. What was the gateway into Belgium from Germany?
3. Where were the two German corps that were supposed to be at the junction of Hausen and Bulow’s armies?
4. What haunted Ludendorff as he directed the German Eighth Army to attack Samsonov’s Russian army?
5. How many men did Kitchener announce the Britain must be prepared to put into the field?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Joffre referring to when he said, “There is reason to await with confidence the development of operations” (230) at the end of Chapter 13?
2. On August 5 Emmich’s brigades attacked what place and how? How did the attack initially go?
3. Explain how General Joffre came across as a commander, particularly based on the description from Chapter 11 (184).
4. What was the Allied leadership beginning to realize by the end of August 23?
5. Who were the commanders of the First and Second German armies, and how well did they work together in executing the Schlieffen Plan?
6. 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?
7. Why was Rennenkamampf’s line “You can take off your clothes now; the Germans are retiring” (276) in Chapter 15 criticized afterward?
8. 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?
9. What did the two telegrams intercepted by German command in the beginning of Chapter 16 say, and what decision did it help the Germans make?
10. What inescapable truth was realized after the battles of Mons and Charleroi, and what country did it make important as a source of supplies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the public feeling throughout the Allied countries regarding the rumors and hopes of Russia’s aid and its limitless manpower, as described in Chapter 20.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the views of President Woodrow Wilson and the overall attitude of the United States towards the war and how the United States should be involved.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the statement “Instantly converted from Marx to Mars” (74) at the beginning of Chapter 6.
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