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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 does Clausewitz say armies were like after the advent of tactics?
(a) Effective fighting forces.
(b) Barely effective.
(c) Sending one wave after the other.
(d) Automata.

2. What is reading supposed to provide the military reader according to Clausewitz?
(a) Time to reflect on their lives.
(b) Preparatory guidance.
(c) A blueprint for war.
(d) A good idea of what to expect on the battlefield.

3. What is the aim of war according to Clausewitz?
(a) Destroy the capital city of the enemy.
(b) Destroy the country side of the enemy.
(c) Disarm the enemy.
(d) Get a better army.

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

5. What does Clausewitz say determines the military objectives and the amount of force assigned to a war?
(a) The size of the army.
(b) The social object.
(c) The political object.
(d) The will of the generals in charge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What definition of defense does Clausewitz give in Book 4, Chapter 1?

2. What does Clausewitz say reserves can be used for?

3. What does Clausewitz say of obstinacy?

4. What rule did the theorist first declare as the one and only according to Clausewitz?

5. What faulty concept did theorists try to condense previous theories in according to Clausewitz?

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