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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Byzantine Wars-Belisarius and Narses.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the Greeks able to fend off the Persian's first war against them?
(a) By encouraging Persian colonies to revolt.
(b) By instituting a draft.
(c) By clever negotiation.
(d) By expanding their navy.

2. Many developed what false impression of Caesar's strategies?
(a) He was too rash.
(b) He was a pawn of the Egyptians.
(c) He was a coward.
(d) He was ruthless and bloodthirsty.

3. After the second war with Persia, Greece secured about how many years of peace and freedom from the Persians?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Ten.

4. How does the author define "Grand Strategy"?
(a) The organization of mass military forces.
(b) The broad strategic military movement of forces.
(c) The attack and defense of large regions.
(d) The policies that govern or closely relate to Generalship.

5. Like Caesar, Belisarius was able to achieve victory in what way?
(a) Very quickly.
(b) Bloodlessly.
(c) With no chance of defeat.
(d) With a small force.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Greeks contain the superior numbers of their enemies?

2. Which of the following elements is NOT described as being part of the "center" of a country's military power?

3. When did Belisarius carry out his wars of reconquest?

4. Fabius was famous for what tactic?

5. Which general is attributed to stating and frequently reciting the famous line given in this chapter about the relative importance of the moral and the physical?

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