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 Question 1 10 out of 10 points What initially drove World War I soldiers of both sides to seek shelter and refuge in trenches? Selected Answer: B. Combination of machine gun, rifle, and field gun fire Response Feedback: Correct.  Question 2 10 out of 10 points Which country mobilized first in 1914? Selected Answer: B. Russia Response Feedback: Correct.  Question 3 10 out of 10 points What assumptions did military leaders bring to their war planning? Selected Answer: A. A European war was inevitable. Response Feedback: Correct.  Question 4 10 out of 10 points What technologies influenced Schlieffen's concept? Selected Answer: C. Transportation and communication Response Feedback: Correct.  Question 5 10 out of 10 points Which statement is true regarding tanks as a new technology in World War I? Selected Answer: A. Early tank armor was relatively thin. Response Feedback: Correct.  Question 6 10 out of 10 points According to House, __________ were often the only troops trained in the detailed construction and destruction of obstacles and field fortifications.

Selected Answer: A. engineers Response Feedback: Correct.  Question 7 10 out of 10 points The Battle of Cambrai, launched in November _____, heralded as the first time tanks were used in significant force, of the 378 tanks that the British used during the battle, 65 were destroyed by direct hits, 71 were lost to mechanical failures, and 43 were lost to ditching. Selected Answer: C. 1917 Response Feedback: Correct.  Question 8 10 out of 10 points To avoid German High Command's worst nightmare of a two-front war, which of the following was the key initial objective for Germany? Selected Answer: C. Knock France out of the conflict as quickly as possible Response Feedback: Correct.  Question 9 10 out of 10 points Despite horrific sacrifice, neither alliance could achieve decisive operational, much less strategic victory, until the __________ Offensive failed and US troops arrived in summer, 1918. Selected Answer: C. Ludendorff Response Feedback: Correct.  Question 10 10 out of 10 points Why was the first Marne campaign unique and paradoxical? Selected Answer: B. It was a strategic loss for Germany in a situation where German forces won almost every tactical engagement. Response Feedback: Correct.

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