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CTR INSUR WARFARE; THEORY & PRACTICE

CHAPTER 3

THE INSUR DOCTRINE

1. The Orthodox pattern of insur doctrine was offered by ________________.

a. Liu Shao-ch’i
b. Mao Tse-tung
c. Chu En Lai
d. None of the above
2. The nationwide united front formed to wage a fight against imperialism must be
led and built around ________________.
a. Working cl
b. National bourgeoisie
c. Mil cadres
d. None of the above
3. A Communist Party is one that is armed with the theory of ______________.
a. Marxism
b. Leninism
c. Marxism-Leninism
d. None of the above
4. To the _____________, revolution consists not merely in overthrowing the
existing order but also in carrying out afterwards a complete transformation of the cty.
a. Socialist
b. Nationalist
c. Communist
d. None of the above
5. The first step in Orthodox Pattern of insur is ____________________.
a. Guerrilla Warfare
b. Creation of the party
 c. United front
d. None of the above
6. Because the proletariat cannot produce the competent early leaders, they must
be sought for among the __________________.
a. Mil and civil servants
b. Students and intellectuals
c. Civil servants and students
d. None of the above
7. Deviators from orthodoxy are won back by ____________.
a. Conciliatory methods
b. Coercive methods
c. Capitulated methods
d. None of the above
8. _____________ apparatuses are org into the party for both def and offn
purposes.
a. Mysterious
b. Close
c. Clandestine
d. None of the above
9. Five years elapsed between the meeting of Communist Party of China’s 12
founders and its first ___________ members
a. 100
b. 1,000
c. 10,000
d. None of the above
10. The tac of rejecting allies not needed one by one is called ____________.
a. Mutatis mutandis
b. Quid pro quo
c. Thinning out
d. None of the above
11. The “Pd of Transition” in China lasted from _____________________.
a. 1947-1949
b. 1949-1951
c. 1951-1953
d. None of the above
12. For the cohesion of the party, the basic rules incl _____________,
a. Democratic centralism
b. Self-criticism
c. Discp
d. All of the above
13. When the insur seizes power after ____________, his victory is complete, his
auth absolute.
a. Armed struggle
b. Diplomatic struggle
c. Political struggle
d. All of the above
14. _____________ is the party’s guarantor in the political transformation ph of
Orthodox Pattern.
a. Indep judiciary
b. Indep media
c. Mil estb
d. All of the above
15. _____________ with no bases, says Mao Tse-tung, is nothing but roving
banditism.
a. Mov warfare
b. Jungle Warfare
c. Insur
d. None of the above
16. Intra-Party struggles are consd as a welcome necessity by _____________,
a. Liu Shao-ch’i
b. Mao Tse-tung
 c. Chu En Lai
d. None of the above
17. The intra-party struggles help to maint the purity of the party by ____________.
a. Weeding out
b. Self criticism
c. Discipline
d. All of the above
18. Few obstacles faced by the communists are __________________.
a. Error of ldrship
b. Money
c. Bad luck
d. Both a & c
19. The real postwar intentions of the party in the Orthodox Pattern must be ______.
a. Kept secret
b. Disclosed to all party members
c. Disclosed only to top leadership
d. None of the above
20. During 2nd step of Orthodox Pattern, the activity of the insur remains _____.
a. Illegal and aggressive
b. Legal and non violent
c. Illegal and non violent
d. None of the above
21. ___________________ brings a minority of supporters but force rallies the rest.
a. Congeniality
b. Persuasion
c. Coercion
d. None of the above
22. The basic principle to use of force in insur is ____________________.
a. Never to antagonize more people than can be handled.
b. Apply right amount at req time.
c. Collection of max possible wpns.
 d. All of the above
23. To see that the mil force does not become a rival to the party is the task of
___________ .
a. Political commissioner
b. Political commissar
c. Peoples’ commissar
d. None of the above
24. Guerilla ops will be planned primarily to ______________.
a. Act against ctr insur
b. Receive monetary benefits
c. Org the population
d. Bring ctr insur to negotiating table
25. The most eff way to achieve demoralization of en’s forces is by emp a policy of
leniency towards the ____________.
a. Prisoners
b. Children
c. Women
d. Elders
26. The author of Ctr Insur Warfare – Theory & Practice, David Galula was captured
by Communist tps in _____________.
a. Apr, 1941
b. Apr, 1945
c. Nov, 1949
d. None of the above
27. Which was not offered to the prisoners captured by Communist forces?
a. Joining the Communist Army
b. Returning to the Nationalist Army
c. Providing int svcs to Communist Army
d. None of the above
28. The _____________ policy remains in force throughout the conflict and must be
given substance during the armed struggle.
 a. United front
b. Violent
c. Clandestine
d. None of the above
29. In case of threatening reaction, the insur can always ___________ the activities.
a. Halt
b. Pace up
c. Slow down
d. None of the above
30. Forceful ldrs among the allies must be ______________.
a. Won over
b. Neutralized
c. a and b
d. a or b
31. _____________ cannot win the decision against a resolute en.
a. Determination
b. Self-discp
c. Aggression
d. None of the above
32. An insur ______________ has to be created in order to destroy the ctr insur
forces.
a. Guerilla force
b. Commando force
c. Regular army
d. None of the above
33. Production of ______________ in the bases cannot be counted upon because
they offer fixed and easy tgts for the ctr insur.
a. Arsenals
b. Bombs
c. Vehs
d. None of the above
34. Insur’s ops are _______________________ ops.
a. Mil
b. IS
c. Commercial
d. None of the above
35. _______________ are subj to more frequent en pen, but the en is gen unable to
remain in them.
a. Regular bases
b. Guerilla bases
c. Guerilla areas
d. None of the above
36. In _______________ , insur works only under gr.
a. Regular bases
b. Guerilla bases
c. Occupied areas
d. None of the above
37. The aim of the insur is to change ____________.
a. Occupied areas into guerilla areas
b. Occupied areas into guerilla bases
c. Occupied areas into regular bases
d. None of the above
38. In order to mob the population for a total war effort, every inhabitant under the
insur’s con is made to belong simultaneously to at least _______ orgs
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. None of the above
39. The pol and mil cadres are sel primarily on the basis of ____________________.
a. Qual
b. Achievements
c. Loyalty
 d. None of the above
40. The insur str assessment incl his ____________________.
a. Mil assets
b. Psy superiority
c. Pol structure
d. All of the above
41. When there is more gain by ____________ rather than fighting, the insur may
make peace offer.
a. Negotiating
b. Mnvr
c. Giving up
d. None of above
42. The goal of the insur in the Bourgeois-Nationalist Pattern is gen ltd to ________.
a. Spread of violence
b. Propagating own agenda
c. The seizure of power
d. None of the above
43. According to Mohamed Boudiaf, a FLN leader, no more than ___________
Algerian Nationalists took part in the terrorist actions on D day.
a. 100-300
b. 400 -500
c. 800-900
d. None of the above
44. To isolate the ctr insur from the masses, ________________ terrorism is used.
a. Sel terrorism
b. Random terrorism
c. Blind terrorism
d. None of the above
45. _____________ is the sinew of war.
a. Weaponry
b. Human resources
 c. Pol goodwill
d. None of the above
46. The Bourgeois-Nationalist pattern is ____________________ at the outset.
a. Illegal and clandestine
b. Illegal and violent
c. Violent and clandestine
d. None of the above
47. During the first two steps — creation of a party and org of a united front — the
vuln of an insur depends directly on ________________.
a. Tolerance of the ctr insur
b. Relative str of the insur
c. Global recognition of the insur
d. All of the above
48. The insur needs _____________ above everything else in the Bourgeois-
Nationalist pattern.
a. Money
b. Wpns
c. Publicity
d. None of the above
49. Bourgeois-Nationalist pattern is also called the _________________ pattern.
a. Shortcut
b. Rapid
c. Improvised
d. None of the above
50. When the insurgent reaches Step 3 (guerrilla warfare) and rejoins the orthodox
pattern, he is____________ than he would have been had he chosen the orthodox
pattern at the start.
a. More vuln
b. Less vuln
c. Equally vuln
d. Not vuln