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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, On Strategy in General : Chapter 1, Strategy, Morality & Military Virtues.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Clausewitz think of the rule first declared to be the one and only?
(a) It wouldn't stand to reality.
(b) It was the one and only.
(c) It was true at the time.
(d) It was only true for infantry.

3. What rule did the theorist first declare as the one and only according to Clausewitz?
(a) Superiority of cavalry.
(b) Superiority of archery.
(c) Superiority of infantry.
(d) Numerical superiority.

4. What does Clausewitz say clouds the reality of one's position within a situation?
(a) The fog of war.
(b) Bad terrain.
(c) Fear.
(d) Over confidence.

5. What theory does Clausewitz think many people have difficulty with?
(a) Counter insurgency.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Tactics.
(d) Major Operations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the foremost prominent factor in war according to Clausewitz?

2. What led to the need for a theory on the "art of war," according to Clausewtiz?

3. What do the kindhearted think, according to Clausewitz?

4. What are the top commanders more prone to suffer from according to Clausewitz?

5. What does Clausewitz say of obstinacy?

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