• 1. 
    Which word, first known to be used in the 15th century, means “military operations between enemies”?

  • struggle
  • warfare
  • strife
  • discord
  • 2. 
    What is the name of “one engaged in military service and especially in the army”?

  • comrade in arms
  • trouper
  • soldier
  • sailor
  • 3. 
    Which word, from an obsolete French dialect word, means “a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces”?

  • plebian
  • conscript
  • yardbird
  • recruit
  • 4. 
    Taken into written English from French, which word describes “a group of soldiers”?

  • gang
  • troop
  • battalion
  • horde
  • 5. 
    Which is a body of troops headed by a colonel and organized for tactical control into companies, battalions, or squadrons?

  • army
  • cadre
  • platoon
  • regiment
  • 6. 
    Which is a principal subdivision of a military company, battery, or troop?

  • legion
  • platoon
  • section
  • detachment
  • 7. 
    Deriving from German, which is “a unit of persons or vehicles employed for reconnaissance, security, or combat”?

  • consul
  • battery
  • patrol
  • convolution
  • 8. 
    Deriving from French and Italian, which word describes “soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot”?

  • flotilla
  • armada
  • cavalry
  • infantry
  • 9. 
    Which is “a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter”?

  • fort
  • bivouac
  • barracks
  • hut
  • 10. 
    Which word, first recorded in English in 1737, describes “a bar at a military post or camp”?

  • pub
  • canteen
  • priory
  • refectory
  • 11. 
    Which is an area for temporary or semipermanent sheltering of troops?

  • arrangement
  • lodge
  • accommodation
  • camp
  • 12. 
    Which architectural structure was devised so soldiers could be protected from their enemies while discharging arrows and other missiles?

  • fort
  • battlement
  • barricade
  • tower
  • 13. 
    From Middle English, which describes “one of a class of armed services personnel serving on shipboard or in close association with a naval force”?

  • sailor
  • beret
  • jack
  • marine
  • 14. 
    From a Dutch word literally meaning “permission,” which is “a leave of absence granted to a governmental or institutional employee (such as a soldier or civil servant)”?

  • furlough
  • discharge
  • pension
  • leave
  • 15. 
    Referencing the king of Epirus’s heavy losses sustained while defeating the Romans, which word describes something, often a victory in battle, “achieved at excessive cost”?

  • Pyrrhic
  • Spartan
  • Grecian
  • Roman
  • 16. 
    From Medieval Latin, which word means “to surrender often after negotiation of terms”?

  • capitulate
  • defer
  • resign
  • acquiesce
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