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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: The South-Eastern or Mediterranean Theatre.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following was not a major branch of the military during Cromwell's time?
(a) The Navy.
(b) Infantry.
(c) Cavalry.
(d) Artillery.

4. In what way did Caesar excel as a general?
(a) At sapping the morale of enemy forces.
(b) At destroying enemy armies wholesale.
(c) In battles in unusual and difficult terrain.
(d) In set-piece battles on open plains.

5. In his major engagement with the Scottish, how was Cromwell able to overcome the numerical superiority of the enemy forces?
(a) By wearing them down with artillery fire.
(b) By forcing them to engage in smaller groups.
(c) By using a pincer maneuver.
(d) By cutting off their supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the author say it took Caesar to make the Mediterranean his?

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

3. What characteristic of the English occupation of France during the Hundred Year's war argues for the results being indecisive?

4. Why, according to the author, were Caesar's strategies insufficient?

5. In the overall strategic planning for the First World War, what country acted as a buffer between Germany and Russia?

(see the answer key)

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