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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The French Revolution and Napolean Bonaparte.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the time of the Wars of Spanish Succession, what was the state of most European nations?
(a) They badly needed more manpower to carry out large wars.
(b) They were ruled by various princes and not united.
(c) They were becoming industrialized.
(d) They were becoming democracies and republics.

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

4. According to the author, what is the use or importance of ancient strategies?
(a) They are useful for study only.
(b) They have no relevance to modern warfare.
(c) They should be imitated exactly.
(d) They remain important to modern warfare.

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?
(a) Washington.
(b) Darius.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Napoleon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did many European principalities fail to become strong, united nations?

3. How does the author characterize the France that develops under Napoleon?

4. During William of Normandy's time, what was the state of military strategy?

5. Why did the war chief Vitiges decide not to fight Belisarius in Naples?

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