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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forces are usually drawn into the "horns of a dilemma" in what way?
(a) Through failures of intelligence and planning.
(b) As a result of hot-headed leadership.
(c) Through insufficient supply-lines.
(d) For legitimate strategic reasons.

2. In World War II, what new branch of military technology provided enhanced mobility for soldiers?
(a) Mechanization.
(b) Transport ships.
(c) Flight.
(d) Landing craft.

3. Germany's expansion forced what undesirable condition on it?
(a) It was fighting at maximum effort on two fronts.
(b) It had no allies nearby.
(c) Communications became impossible.
(d) It had too few usable ports.

4. What should be the main purpose of any attack?
(a) Destroying enemy forces.
(b) Dislocation.
(c) Attacking enemy supplies.
(d) Psychological victory.

5. What is one of the main advantages of a small army?
(a) It is difficult to completely defeat.
(b) It has very high morale.
(c) It can move quickly and avoid "the horns of dilemma."
(d) It can use diplomacy more easily.

6. Overall, what was the state of Hitler's grand strategy?
(a) He had no idea of the importance of grand strategy.
(b) He constantly fumbled the political side of grand strategy.
(c) He had well planned and positioned grand strategy.
(d) He could not handle the responsibility of grand strategy.

7. What is meant by "strength faces strength"?
(a) Strong nations only engage other strong nations.
(b) Armies will generally concentrate forces near each other.
(c) Heavy weapons and armor demand equally heavy arms in order to oppose.
(d) An army's front should always face the front of the opposing army.

8. How successful were the Turks in repelling allied attacks in their region?
(a) Most regions held fast, but a few turned to the allied side.
(b) They held out only in a few limited areas.
(c) They repelled multiple invasions successfully.
(d) They failed completely to fend off the allies.

9. What tactic, employed by generals as early as Belisarius, was widely used in World War II?
(a) Entrenchment.
(b) Overlapping fields of fire.
(c) Overwatch.
(d) Human wave attacks.

10. Hitler missed an excellent opportunity to wipe out the English army in what region?
(a) Bastogne.
(b) Dunkirk.
(c) Whitfield.
(d) Brest.

11. What was Napoleon able to accomplish that Hitler could not?
(a) He matched England's naval dominance.
(b) He conquered Russia.
(c) Non-French people were happy to live under his rule.
(d) He ended his war peacefully.

12. Which of the following was an important use of air-power in World War II?
(a) To slow down tanks.
(b) To support land forces.
(c) To transport supplies.
(d) To destroy fleets.

13. "Limited aim" wars are most often employed by what types of military forces?
(a) Those with inferior numbers.
(b) Those without real coordinated leadership.
(c) Forces with no overall grand strategy.
(d) Modern armies.

14. Turkey's strategies are most similar to those of what military leader?
(a) Belisarius.
(b) Constable du Guesclin.
(c) Clausewitz.
(d) Hannibal.

15. "Limited aim" strategy generally precludes what type of outcome?
(a) Bloodless victories.
(b) Psychological defeat of the enemy.
(c) Decisive results.
(d) Indecisive results.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which war did Clausewitz's writings have a major impact on?

2. Which of the following was a significant factor in the psychology of generals during World War II?

3. Communications are most critical for forces of what size?

4. Clausewitz himself admitted that his books had what flaw?

5. What is a "wedge attack" intended to achieve?

(see the answer keys)

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