Entrepreneurship Integration
Midterm Examination
Name: __________ Date: ______________
Year and Course: ____ Score: ______________
A. ESSAY
B. INSTRUCTIONS: Using The
Art of War, which twenty passages would Sun Tzu recommend to a modern general if he
were alive today? Rank them in order- #20
being the least and #1 being the most, important. Also you must include at least one point from
each chapter!
1. What are the five elements of strategy according to Sun Tzu? Discuss its meaning and give examples.
Please write a paragraph for
EACH of the TOP THREE passages you choose.
The paragraph should explain and justify why you consider your top three
picks most crucial.
What you turn in should look like the following:
Ex:
Ex:
#20 - Chapter I - Laying Plans - #18 “All warfare is based
on deception.”
#19 - Chapter III – Attack by Stratagem - #14 – “Write out passage in quotes…”
#18 - Chapter X - #X “Etc…”
Rankings for #17
- #4
#3 - Passage
Paragraph for #3
#2 - Passage
Paragraph for #2
#1 - Passage
Paragraph for #1
C. INSTRUCTIONS: Discuss in 5 sentences only how the popular Art of
War quotes can be applied in business or personal life. Explain how these ideas help in a war and in other aspects of lifePlease be SPECIFIC in
giving situations.
1. "When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When
full, starve them. When settled, make them move."
2. "In
conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising
actions generally lead to victory."
3. “Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle
... . They conquer by strategy.”
4. “Know the enemy
and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you
are ignorant of the enemy, but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing
are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain in
every battle to be in peril.”
5. “In war, numbers alone confer no advantage.”
6. “To ... not
prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any
contingency is the greatest of virtues.”
7. “What is
of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One cannot afford to
neglect opportunity.”
8. “The general must be first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not spread his parasol, nor in the cold of winter don thick clothing ... . He waits until the army's wells have been dug and only then drinks; until the army's food is cooked before he eats; until the army's fortifications have been completed, to shelter himself.”
8. “The general must be first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not spread his parasol, nor in the cold of winter don thick clothing ... . He waits until the army's wells have been dug and only then drinks; until the army's food is cooked before he eats; until the army's fortifications have been completed, to shelter himself.”
9. “A sovereign of high character and intelligence must be able to know the right man, should place the responsibility on him, and expect results.”
10. “If an enemy
has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong; if he has
no alliances, the problem is minor and the enemy's position weak.”
11. “the essence of war is dislocating the enemy psychologically, then dominating him”
12. "he whose ranks are united in purpose will be victorious”
13. "agitate your enemy and ascertain the pattern of his movement, determine his position and so ascertain the field of battle, probe him and learn where his strength is abundant and where it is deficient. Exlain how these ideas help in a war and in other aspects of life
11. “the essence of war is dislocating the enemy psychologically, then dominating him”
12. "he whose ranks are united in purpose will be victorious”
13. "agitate your enemy and ascertain the pattern of his movement, determine his position and so ascertain the field of battle, probe him and learn where his strength is abundant and where it is deficient. Exlain how these ideas help in a war and in other aspects of life
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