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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. Belisarius's legacy caused the Byzantines to adopt what military strategy for centuries?
(a) The indirect approach.
(b) Supply-line interdiction.
(c) Defensive-offensive combinations.
(d) Ship fleet strategies.

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

3. In what area of generalship did Belisarius excel?
(a) Defensive strategy.
(b) Logistics.
(c) Offensive strategy.
(d) Fire weapons.

4. How were the Greeks able to fend off the Persian's first war against them?
(a) By clever negotiation.
(b) By instituting a draft.
(c) By encouraging Persian colonies to revolt.
(d) By expanding their navy.

5. "Grand Strategy" incorporates what two elements of warfare?
(a) Policy and popular support.
(b) Policy and military strategy.
(c) Culture and religion.
(d) Psychology and military strategy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinction does the author make during the discussion of the wars fought by Hannibal, Scipio and Caesar?

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

3. Effective grand strategies must include what factor?

4. What factor hampered Marlborough's progress?

5. What disadvantage can the use of "picked troops" offset?

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