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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 does Clausewitz say about people and their methods of drawing conclusions?
(a) Only military generals should draw conclusions on military. matters
(b) They draw good conclusions if they are smart.
(c) Political leaders should not draw conclusions.
(d) They draw conclusions without sufficient information.

2. What does Clausewitz say was setup as a final arbiter of war in the former theory of the "art of war"?
(a) Infantry.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Supply.
(d) Cavalry.

3. What are the two sure ways to defeat an enemy according to Clausewitz?
(a) To blockade his ports and wait for his surrender.
(b) To destroy his armies and invade his country.
(c) To destroy his armies and blockade his country.
(d) To defeat his allies and take his women.

4. How does Clausewitz qualify the task of creating a scientific theory for the conduct of war?
(a) Impossible.
(b) Easy.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Annoying.

5. Where should strategic plans be made according to Clausewitz?
(a) On the spot.
(b) At mid level.
(c) At low level.
(d) At the highest level.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clausewitz define the nature of war at the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2?

2. What types of soldiers does Clausewitz say tend to lose heart when they encounter combat?

3. Why were the rules created according to Clausewitz?

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

5. What do the enemy's expenditures consist of according to Clausewitz?

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