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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Concentrated Essence of Strategy and Tactics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many men was Belisarius given with which to conquer the Vandals?
(a) Fifty thousand
(b) Five thousand.
(c) A hundred thousand.
(d) Fifteen thousand.

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

3. What major advantage does the use of locomotives in warfare convey?
(a) Mobility.
(b) Improved communications.
(c) Force multipliers.
(d) Availability of artillery.

4. Who led the second Persian invasion of Greece?
(a) Darius the Great.
(b) Belasarius.
(c) Themistocles.
(d) Xerxes.

5. About how many soldiers did the Italians lose in their two and a half years of fighting in the First World War?
(a) Two-hundred thousand.
(b) Five-hundred thousand.
(c) One million.
(d) One-hundred thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was unusual about the Wars of Spanish Succession?

2. Which war demonstrated the risks of using a largely unprofessional force?

3. What is a "wedge attack" intended to achieve?

4. What was the state of generalship during the British Civil Wars?

5. Which of the following is a common method for generals employing the indirect approach?

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