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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. During Caesar's wars, who was fighting for control of Egypt?
(a) Pompey and Brutus.
(b) Cleopatra and her brother.
(c) Pompey and Anthony.
(d) Cleopatra and Anthony.

2. In what area of generalship did Belisarius excel?
(a) Fire weapons.
(b) Offensive strategy.
(c) Defensive strategy.
(d) Logistics.

3. 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.

4. After the second war with Persia, Greece secured about how many years of peace and freedom from the Persians?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two hundred.

5. Compared to normal military strategies, indirect strategies strive to achieve what goal?
(a) Multiple subsidiary goals.
(b) The same goal.
(c) Purely psychological goals.
(d) Purely material goals.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, it is critically important to do what to every soldier in a military force?

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

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

4. In what way did Caesar excel as a general?

5. According to a famous quotation described at the beginning of the book, how important are moral conditions compared to physical conditions?

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