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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Prince Edward is credited with improving greatly what type of military element?
(a) Fortified castles.
(b) Mobile reconnaissance.
(c) Combined arms.
(d) Supply trains.

3. Which country became noted as a major world power for the first time during the First World War?
(a) Prussia.
(b) Russia.
(c) United States of America.
(d) China.

4. What is one problem of relying upon locomotives in warfare?
(a) The railways must be protected.
(b) The civilian population will suffer without access to trains.
(c) Coal and labor must be constantly in supply.
(d) Troops suffer health problems.

5. What was the state of generalship during the British Civil Wars?
(a) Generals were unskilled politicians.
(b) Generals were skilled and evenly matched.
(c) The skills of generals on all sides varied widely.
(d) British generals far outmatched those of other forces.

6. What factor hampered Marlborough's progress?
(a) He was held back by cautious generals.
(b) The enemy had numerical superiority.
(c) Spanish supply trains were too slow.
(d) Communications were not reliable at the time.

7. Like Caesar, Belisarius was able to achieve victory in what way?
(a) With a small force.
(b) Bloodlessly.
(c) Very quickly.
(d) With no chance of defeat.

8. The Wars of Spanish Succession were strongly affected by what factor in Europe?
(a) Colonialism.
(b) Politics.
(c) Weather.
(d) Plague.

9. The author suggests that which of the following can easily become involved in grand strategy?
(a) Religion.
(b) Race.
(c) Organized labor.
(d) Industry.

10. A "pincer movement" involves what kind of strategic maneuver?
(a) Turning an enemy's flank.
(b) Widening one's own flank.
(c) Driving up an enemy's flank.
(d) Refusing one's own flank.

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

12. According to the author, when did the first use of military strategy in Europe occur?
(a) The fifth century AD.
(b) The third century AD.
(c) The fifth century BC.
(d) The first century BC.

13. Marlborough was notable for his use of what stratagems?
(a) Indirect manuevers.
(b) Concentrated fire.
(c) Bold frontal attacks.
(d) Tactical withdrawls.

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

15. Constable du Guesclin's style was most influenced by which previous general?
(a) Fabius.
(b) Hannibal.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Alexander.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what were the results of the Hundred Year's War, fought by du Guesclin and others?

2. What is the author's assessment of the strategies employed in the the First World War?

3. Which war demonstrated the risks of using a largely unprofessional force?

4. William's ally attacked England from which direction?

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

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