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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many Russian soldiers died on the eastern front during the First World War?
(a) One-hundred thousand.
(b) Five-hundred thousand.
(c) One million.
(d) Two-hundred thousand.

2. What is the most essential factor in concentrating forces?
(a) Providing ample supplies.
(b) Keeping communications open.
(c) Hiding the concentration from the enemy.
(d) Maintaining the chain of command.

3. About how many soldiers did the Italians lose in their two and a half years of fighting in the First World War?
(a) Two-hundred thousand.
(b) One-hundred thousand.
(c) Five-hundred thousand.
(d) One million.

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

5. In the author's view, a battle that results in massive casualties and the temporary gain of an objective is best described as which of the following?
(a) An indecisive result.
(b) A disaster.
(c) An indirect method.
(d) A decisive result.

6. What is a "wedge attack" intended to achieve?
(a) The diversion of resources away from the real attack.
(b) The wholesale destruction of enemy troops.
(c) The destruction of a fortified location.
(d) The separation of enemy forces.

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

8. What historical general is cited as basing his conquests on popular support?
(a) William of Normany.
(b) Hannibal.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Belisarius.

9. According to the author, how should formations be arranged?
(a) According to the design of unit commanders.
(b) In the way that most confuses the enemy.
(c) In a way that allows for rapid adjustments.
(d) With the best troops handling the most fighting.

10. Communications are most critical for forces of what size?
(a) Armies.
(b) Platoons.
(c) Divisions.
(d) Battalions.

11. Overall, what is the quality of Hitler's generalship?
(a) He was totally inept.
(b) He was a decent commander, but always used direct approaches.
(c) He was unskilled with the indirect approach.
(d) He was an excellent general.

12. During World War II, most maneuvers had the intention of attacking the enemy where?
(a) Along their coastlines.
(b) Along their entire front.
(c) In their capital cities.
(d) In their rear area.

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

14. How were Arab nations vulnerable during the First World War?
(a) They had no real firearms.
(b) They could not afford much loss of manpower.
(c) Their supplies were extremely limited.
(d) They had almost no communication or chain of command.

15. Late in the war, the primary German leader in the east was allowed to employ the indirect method by using what kind of an attack?
(a) A sea assault on Leningrad.
(b) An attack against the Vilna-Dvinsk railway.
(c) A psychological attack using propaganda.
(d) A flanking maneuver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following nations was NOT a major player in the war on the eastern front?

2. What is the purpose of strategy?

3. Hitler missed an excellent opportunity to wipe out the English army in what region?

4. What tactic, employed by generals as early as Belisarius, was widely used in World War II?

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

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