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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6, 'Book 8 : War Plans' : Chapter 2, The Instrument of Policy Seeks Limited Aims.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the top priority of each side during a battle according to Clausewitz?
(a) To destroy the enemy.
(b) To preserve own's fighting force.
(c) To hold the line whatever happens.
(d) To break the enemy's morale.

2. What does Clausewitz say indicates the will's resistance to a single blow?
(a) Cowardliness.
(b) Courage.
(c) Endurance.
(d) Staunchness.

3. What does Clausewitz call part of a full scope war that sees several tactical engagements in Book 5, Chapter 2?
(a) Engagements groups.
(b) Military campaigns.
(c) Small wars.
(d) Skirmishes.

4. What should follow the attack on a well maintained defensive position according to Clausewitz?
(a) A counter attack.
(b) Retreat.
(c) Reinforcing the defensive position.
(d) Rest.

5. What do the kindhearted think, according to Clausewitz?
(a) War is done by gentlemen for gentlemen.
(b) War is not a necessity for nations to prosper.
(c) The true goal of war is acquiring farmland.
(d) There is a way to disarm the enemy without too much bloodshed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two sure ways to defeat an enemy according to Clausewitz?

2. How long does Clausewitz say it would take a man to compile a proper survey of history?

3. How were the first attempts at theorizing war according to Clausewitz?

4. How does Clausewitz qualify the task of creating a scientific theory for the conduct of war?

5. What theory does Clausewitz think many people have difficulty with?

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