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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, On Strategy in General : Chapter 2, Force, Reserves & Space.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brings value to a strategy according to Clausewitz?
(a) How well the war divert people from actual problems.
(b) The generals implementing it.
(c) The results.
(d) The political gain of the emperor.

2. What tends to exacerbate falsehood according to Clausewitz?
(a) Low self esteem.
(b) Fear.
(c) Overconfidence.
(d) Bad intelligence officers.

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

4. According to Clausewitz, what matters when a general makes adjustments to the war plan?
(a) Their state of mind.
(b) Their experience.
(c) Their location.
(d) Their personal interest.

5. How does Clausewitz think available forces of a country should be used in a war?
(a) On different fronts.
(b) Entirely.
(c) One army group at a time.
(d) In small groups.

Short Answer Questions

1. What terrain does Clausewitz say might allow for a different type of use than the one he advocates?

2. What was not considered a suitable subject for theory in the former "art of war" according to Clausewitz?

3. What qualifies military geniuses according to Clausewitz?

4. What was the "art of war" about according to Clausewitz?

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

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