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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Concentrated Essence of Strategy and Tactics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Like Caesar, Belisarius was able to achieve victory in what way?
(a) Very quickly.
(b) Bloodlessly.
(c) With no chance of defeat.
(d) With a small force.

3. What factor caused the Germans to retreat near the end of the First World War?
(a) They had no way to deal with the tanks the Allies had introduced.
(b) They had lost too many men in a recent offensive.
(c) There was massive unrest at home.
(d) They were concerned about the safety of their rear area.

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

5. About how many Russian soldiers died on the eastern front during the First World War?
(a) Five-hundred thousand.
(b) Two-hundred thousand.
(c) One million.
(d) One-hundred thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a common method for generals employing the indirect approach?

2. Which of the following was not a major branch of the military during Cromwell's time?

3. Late in the war, the primary German leader in the east was allowed to employ the indirect method by using what kind of an attack?

4. After the second war with Persia, Greece secured about how many years of peace and freedom from the Persians?

5. Why did the Eastern Roman Empire lose territory to the Turks in 1068?

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