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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, On The Theory of War : Chapter 5, Method & Routine, Critical Analysis, Historical Examples.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clausewitz say about routine?
(a) Its importance is increasing.
(b) It does not matter.
(c) It has the same importance for the general down to the enlisted men.
(d) Its importance is decreasing.

2. What definition of war does Clausewitz give?
(a) A way for the military powerful to grab resources from their neighboring country.
(b) A way for nations to settle trivial disputes.
(c) An act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.
(d) An act of weakness because diplomacy didn't succeed.

3. What does Clausewitz suggest about the quality of the readings made by most people concerning military matters?
(a) it is pro French.
(b) It is poor.
(c) It is good.
(d) It is pro Prussian.

4. What cannot be underestimated according to Clausewitz in Book 2, Chapter 3?
(a) The intellectual training.
(b) The physical effort.
(c) The need for good horses.
(d) The need for an army to walk.

5. What definition does Clausewitz give for "friction"?
(a) Small battles.
(b) Anything bizarre making things difficult.
(c) Soldier mental breakdown.
(d) Foreigners among the ranks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tends to exacerbate falsehood according to Clausewitz?

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

3. What is necessary to make theoretical sense of actual events according to Clausewitz?

4. What are high ranking officers usually not, according to Clausewitz?

5. What is reading supposed to provide the military reader according to Clausewitz?

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