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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. During their first war with Greece, the Persians experienced a revolt in which region?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Libya.
(c) Syria.
(d) Egypt.

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

3. A "pincer movement" involves what kind of strategic maneuver?
(a) Driving up an enemy's flank.
(b) Turning an enemy's flank.
(c) Refusing one's own flank.
(d) Widening one's own flank.

4. In their second war against the Greeks, the massive Persian army and navy that supported it created what strategic problem?
(a) An obvious "line of expectation."
(b) Dependance on local resources.
(c) A narrow front.
(d) Low "division slice."

5. What was Belisarius's first major reconquest?
(a) Persia.
(b) Spain.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author define "Grand Strategy"?

2. How did Caesar achieve relatively bloodless victories?

3. When moving to engage the superior Scottish forces, what was the nature of Cromwell's overall strategic maneuver?

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

5. Many developed what false impression of Caesar's strategies?

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