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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. Why do men fight each other according to Clausewitz?
(a) Hostile feelings alone.
(b) Hostile feelings and hostile intentions.
(c) Hostile intentions alone.
(d) Hostile feelings and need to play.

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

3. What does Clausewitz say of the majority of intelligence information?
(a) It is not gathered fast enough.
(b) It is false.
(c) It is too much information.
(d) It is accurate.

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

5. What does Clausewitz call the area where military action occurs?
(a) The theatre of operations.
(b) The battlefield.
(c) The field of battle.
(d) The operating area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clausewitz think of the location where the war plans are drawn?

2. What does Clausewitz say was setup as a final arbiter of war in the former theory of the "art of war"?

3. According to Clausewitz, what does the power of the attack and the defense do over time?

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

5. What tenet does Clausewitz admit previous war theorists got right?

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