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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Byzantine Wars-Belisarius and Narses.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author explains that it is essential to do what to the enemy's center?
(a) Destroy it.
(b) Locate it.
(c) Avoid it.
(d) Dislocate it.

2. Some of Fabius' tactics could be compared to what kind of modern warfare?
(a) Blitzkreig.
(b) Guerilla warfare.
(c) Infiltration doctrine.
(d) Scorched-earth policy.

3. About how many men was Belisarius given with which to conquer the Vandals?
(a) Fifty thousand
(b) Five thousand.
(c) A hundred thousand.
(d) Fifteen thousand.

4. What disadvantage can the use of "picked troops" offset?
(a) Inferior numbers.
(b) Lack of training.
(c) Enemy fortifications.
(d) Rough terrain.

5. Which general is attributed to stating and frequently reciting the famous line given in this chapter about the relative importance of the moral and the physical?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Darius.
(d) Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which great Persian military leader is credited with introducing military strategy to Europe?

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

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

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

5. During Caesar's wars, who was fighting for control of Egypt?

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