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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Seventeenth Century- Gustavas, Cromwell, Turenne.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fabius was famous for what tactic?
(a) Forestalling engagements until the proper time.
(b) Guerilla warfare.
(c) Employing highly mobile light forces.
(d) Forcing the enemy to attack.

2. Which great Persian military leader is credited with introducing military strategy to Europe?
(a) Reza Shah.
(b) Darius.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Hannibal.

3. How long does the author say it took Caesar to make the Mediterranean his?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Two years.

4. When did Belisarius carry out his wars of reconquest?
(a) The fourth century AD.
(b) The first century BC.
(c) The first century AD.
(d) The eighth century AD.

5. Which of the following was a widely-used tactic in William of Normandy's time?
(a) Wave attacks.
(b) Layered defenses.
(c) False retreats.
(d) Artillery bombardment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the Greeks able to fend off the Persian's first war against them?

2. A "pincer movement" involves what kind of strategic maneuver?

3. When an enemy is attacked along a "natural line of expectation," what is the usual result?

4. Who was the Emperor of the Western Roman Empire during Belisarius's time?

5. According to one of the aphorisms introduced at the beginning of the book, what is the likely outcome for all nations that participate in a war?

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