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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Book 6: Defence : Chapter 1, Attack & Defence, The People in Arms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What portion of the war plans do lower ranking figures usually implement according to Clausewitz?
(a) The small portion.
(b) The tactical portion.
(c) The unimportant portion.
(d) The easy portion.

2. What did previous theorists exclude from the rules according to Clausewitz?
(a) Countries.
(b) Genius.
(c) Army size.
(d) Government.

3. What do allies do concerning weaknesses according to Clausewitz?
(a) They work to cover each other weaknesses.
(b) They try to ignore them.
(c) They exploit them.
(d) They try to match them.

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

5. How were the first attempts at theorizing war according to Clausewitz?
(a) Difficult to understand.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Simplistic.
(d) Not applicable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Clausewitz think of genius and established rules?

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

4. What is the aim of disarming the enemy according to Clausewitz?

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

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