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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hitler's Run of Victory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Decisive results are almost always the result of what kind of strategy?
(a) The direct method.
(b) The indirect method.
(c) Rapid offensives.
(d) Guerilla warfare.

2. Which of the following is a major risk in using a standing army with very long individual terms of service?
(a) Complacency.
(b) Budget concerns.
(c) Entitlement.
(d) Teamwork.

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

4. What is the most important possible result of a significant moral victory?
(a) A superior position can be gained.
(b) Losses can be reduced.
(c) A battle can be avoided.
(d) A war can be ended without fighting.

5. According to the indirect approach, military strategy needs to include plans to attack in what manner?
(a) Rarely and with great force.
(b) Along lines besides natural lines of expectation.
(c) Along lines of natural expectation.
(d) As quickly and often as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the beneficial gains from warfare maintained?

2. What was the state of most armies in William of Normandy's time and region?

3. How does the author define "Generalship"?

4. Which of the following best embodies how a war might be ended using the indirect method?

5. What events caused France to become a united nation?

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