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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. How does Clausewitz describe the inexperienced soldier's first encounter with war?
(a) As being plunged in darkness.
(b) As the first step toward real manhood.
(c) As a good life lesson.
(d) As an eye opening experience.

2. What do the kindhearted think, according to Clausewitz?
(a) The true goal of war is acquiring farmland.
(b) War is not a necessity for nations to prosper.
(c) There is a way to disarm the enemy without too much bloodshed.
(d) War is done by gentlemen for gentlemen.

3. What event does Clausewitz fear would make his book liable to endless misinterpretation?
(a) Releasing the book within his lifetime.
(b) His early death.
(c) The invention of the Gatling gun.
(d) The introduction of women in the armed forces.

4. What is the populace trained to do according to Clausewitz?
(a) Rebel.
(b) To complain or sabotage.
(c) Submit to others.
(d) Take up arms against the country's enemies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Clausewitz say should be used to make the enemy doubt the outcome of a war?

2. Why do men fight each other according to Clausewitz?

3. According to Clausewitz, what matters when a general makes adjustments to the war plan?

4. What does Clausewitz call the area where military action occurs?

5. What does Clausewitz say about the time passed to acquire knowledge in Book 2, Chapter 5?

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