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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The French Revolution and Napolean Bonaparte.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Effective grand strategies must include what factor?
(a) Methods to subjugate conquered peoples.
(b) Both indirect and direct methods.
(c) Methods to maintain whatever is gained.
(d) Propaganda.

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

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

5. Why did Caesar prefer to win battles and campaigns with as little bloodshed as possible?
(a) He was orderly and disliked "messy" battles.
(b) He wanted to turn defeated opponents into followers.
(c) He wanted to avoid unneccesary killing for religious reasons.
(d) He wanted to preserve his own troops at all costs.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the aphorisms introduced at the beginning of the book states that all warfare is based on what?

2. William of Normandy was joined by an allied King from what nation?

3. Belisarius's legacy caused the Byzantines to adopt what military strategy for centuries?

4. What type of new military technology is discussed in depth at the beginning of the book?

5. When did Belisarius carry out his wars of reconquest?

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