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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Eighteenth Century-Marlborough and Frederick.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was unusual about the Wars of Spanish Succession?
(a) They were extremely short.
(b) They were technically carried out between civilian organizations.
(c) They were never officially ended.
(d) They took place outside of either nation's territory.

2. Why did many European principalities fail to become strong, united nations?
(a) There was insufficient technology to support a large state.
(b) The philosophy and religion of the time discouraged it.
(c) Individual princes were unwilling to give up their power.
(d) Constant bickering drove them apart.

3. During Caesar's wars, who was fighting for control of Egypt?
(a) Pompey and Brutus.
(b) Cleopatra and Anthony.
(c) Cleopatra and her brother.
(d) Pompey and Anthony.

4. Why, according to the author, were Caesar's strategies insufficient?
(a) He failed to attack the enemy leaders.
(b) His men were not inspired by his leadership.
(c) He absolutely refused to lay siege in any circumstance.
(d) He failed to follow up on advantageous situations.

5. What is true regarding decisive victories?
(a) They are independant of any gains made.
(b) They can only be won by indirect methods.
(c) They can be rapid, or can take decades or longer to achieve.
(d) They always occur suddenly and often unexpectedly.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what were the results of the Hundred Year's War, fought by du Guesclin and others?

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

3. In their second war against the Greeks, the massive Persian army and navy that supported it created what strategic problem?

4. Effective grand strategies must include what factor?

5. How does the author define "Generalship"?

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