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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disadvantage can the use of "picked troops" offset?
(a) Enemy fortifications.
(b) Inferior numbers.
(c) Lack of training.
(d) Rough terrain.

2. What was Belisarius's first major reconquest?
(a) Persia.
(b) Rome.
(c) Spain.
(d) Egypt.

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

4. When did the decisive battles of William of Normandy occur?
(a) 560 AD.
(b) 1346 AD.
(c) 1066 AD.
(d) 1408 AD.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Decisive results are almost always the result of what kind of strategy?

2. Which great Persian military leader is credited with introducing military strategy to Europe?

3. Which of the following was a widely-used tactic in William of Normandy's time?

4. The Wars of Spanish Succession were strongly affected by what factor in Europe?

5. Which of the following major factors that was developed in warfare in the period between 1854 and 1914 made it harder to employ the indirect approach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What developments in the period between 1854 and 1914 made it more difficult to employ indirect methods?

2. What instigated the Byzantine war against the Vandals?

3. Explain Napoleon's famous quotation regarding moral and physical conditions.

4. What is the relationship between grand strategy and long-lasting gains?

5. Describe the effect of the locomotive on the American Civil War.

6. What was the overall strategy of Fabius in his war against Hannibal?

7. Why is the indirect method favorable over direct methods?

8. What characterized the battles of William of Normandy?

9. How did the Greeks achieve victory in the second Greek and Persian war?

10. What was Cromwell's strategy as he moved to engage the Scottish?

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