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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. What is the author's assessment of the strategies employed in the the First World War?
(a) They were too passive and but decisive.
(b) They were not appropriate for the technology of the time.
(c) They were direct and no decisive victory was won.
(d) They were indirect, but still failed to achieve decisive victory.

2. How does the author characterize the France that develops under Napoleon?
(a) It was a menace.
(b) It lacked real military strength.
(c) It was a strong force for peace.
(d) It was weaker than it appeared at the time.

3. Which of the following nations was NOT a major player in the war on the eastern front?
(a) Prussia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Russia.
(d) Austria.

4. Hitler missed an excellent opportunity to wipe out the English army in what region?
(a) Whitfield.
(b) Brest.
(c) Bastogne.
(d) Dunkirk.

5. According to the author, what nation first employed military strategy in Europe?
(a) The Athenians.
(b) The Persians.
(c) The Egyptians.
(d) The Romans.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, how should formations be arranged?

2. How were the Greeks able to fend off the Persian's first war against them?

3. Germany's expansion forced what undesirable condition on it?

4. What is meant by "strength faces strength"?

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

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