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

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

3. In preparation for a possible war with Germany, France based their strategy on the writings of which general?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Du Guesclin.
(c) Belisarius.
(d) Clausewitz.

4. Within the subject of grand strategy, what is one of the benefits of closed mindedness among the populace?
(a) They are less susceptible to psychological attacks.
(b) They will serve and die blindly.
(c) They are more likely to enlist for military service.
(d) They are more productive.

5. At the time of the Wars of Spanish Succession, what was the state of most European nations?
(a) They badly needed more manpower to carry out large wars.
(b) They were becoming industrialized.
(c) They were ruled by various princes and not united.
(d) They were becoming democracies and republics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most essential factor in concentrating forces?

2. Forces are usually drawn into the "horns of a dilemma" in what way?

3. Overall, what was the state of Hitler's grand strategy?

4. In their second war against the Greeks, the massive Persian army and navy that supported it created what strategic problem?

5. Hitler missed an excellent opportunity to wipe out the English army in what region?

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