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

2. What methods characterized the Wars of Spanish Succession?
(a) Scorched-earth policy.
(b) Direct methods.
(c) Indirect methods.
(d) Psychological warfare.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the second Persian invasion of Greece?

2. How does the author define "Generalship"?

3. During their first war with Greece, the Persians experienced a revolt in which region?

4. The author suggests that which of the following can easily become involved in grand strategy?

5. What critical factor does naval power in the Mediterranean influence, especially in the case of the Greeks?

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