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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusions from Twenty-Five Centuries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way did Caesar excel as a general?
(a) In battles in unusual and difficult terrain.
(b) In set-piece battles on open plains.
(c) At destroying enemy armies wholesale.
(d) At sapping the morale of enemy forces.

2. One of the aphorisms introduced at the beginning of the book states that all warfare is based on what?
(a) Strength.
(b) Power.
(c) Deception.
(d) Government.

3. William's ally attacked England from which direction?
(a) The southwest.
(b) The southeast.
(c) The northwest.
(d) The northeast.

4. What type of new military technology is discussed in depth at the beginning of the book?
(a) Chemical weapons.
(b) Strategic bombers.
(c) Helicopters.
(d) Nuclear weapons.

5. Which of the following is a common method for generals employing the indirect approach?
(a) Using teams of mercenaries.
(b) Luring opponents into weak positions.
(c) Besieging large towns.
(d) Moving rapidly without support.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the war chief Vitiges decide not to fight Belisarius in Naples?

2. According to the author, when did the first use of military strategy in Europe occur?

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

4. Which of the following is a major risk in using a standing army with very long individual terms of service?

5. At the time of the Wars of Spanish Succession, what was the state of most European nations?

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