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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: The Theory of Strategy.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Caesar achieve relatively bloodless victories?
(a) By using amphibious assaults.
(b) By avoiding fortified towns.
(c) By providing better weapons for his troops.
(d) By attacking supply lines.

3. Compared to normal military strategies, indirect strategies strive to achieve what goal?
(a) Purely psychological goals.
(b) The same goal.
(c) Purely material goals.
(d) Multiple subsidiary goals.

4. In their second war against the Greeks, the massive Persian army and navy that supported it created what strategic problem?
(a) Dependance on local resources.
(b) Low "division slice."
(c) A narrow front.
(d) An obvious "line of expectation."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How successful were the Turks in repelling allied attacks in their region?

2. Some of Fabius' tactics could be compared to what kind of modern warfare?

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

4. Overall, what is the quality of Hitler's generalship?

5. According to the author, it is critically important to do what to every soldier in a military force?

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