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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 faulty concept did theorists try to condense previous theories in according to Clausewitz?
(a) Supply.
(b) Camp.
(c) Attack.
(d) Base.

2. What does Clausewitz claim as a vital component of critical analysis?
(a) Investigation and evaluation of means used in warfare.
(b) Have a classical education.
(c) Be from an aristocratic family.
(d) Studying at 2 or more war colleges.

3. What does Clausewitz says is the minimum objective that a fighting army can choose?
(a) Cut the enemy's supply route.
(b) Destroy the enemy's army.
(c) Self defense.
(d) Take the enemy's capital.

4. Why don't civilized nations execute their prisoners according to Clausewitz?
(a) It is against the Geneva Convention.
(b) They do not have time to take prisoners.
(c) Intelligence plays a higher part in warfare.
(d) They do not want to waste bullets.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was formerly a synonym of the "art of war" in Book 2, Chapter 4?

2. Why should someone study memoirs of past commanders according to Clausewitz?

3. What does Clausewitz say was setup as a final arbiter of war in the former theory of the "art of war"?

4. What does Clausewitz say has a profound effect on methods used in war?

5. What clouds a soldier's objectivity concerning war according to Clausewitz?

(see the answer key)

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