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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, 'Book 7' The Attack : Chapter 2, Without a Decision, Invasion, Victory.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was formerly a synonym of the "art of war" in Book 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Science of war.
(b) Knowledge of war.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Chance.

3. What does Clausewitz say reserves can be used for?
(a) To push for the final decision and counter unforeseen attacks.
(b) To protect the officers from retreating troops.
(c) To allow troops rest so they can be rotated in the front line.
(d) To allow for the king to visit the troops.

4. What emotion does Clausewitz say should be used to make the enemy doubt the outcome of a war?
(a) Greed.
(b) Cowardliness.
(c) Overconfidence.
(d) Fear.

5. What does Clausewitz think of the rule first declared to be the one and only?
(a) It was the one and only.
(b) It wouldn't stand to reality.
(c) It was only true for infantry.
(d) It was true at the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What affects war strategy evolution according to Clausewitz?

2. What definition does Clausewitz give of wearing down the enemy?

3. What does Clausewitz say determines the military objectives and the amount of force assigned to a war?

4. What does Clausewitz say about holding new territories?

5. What was the "art of war" about according to Clausewitz?

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