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

2. What is war NOT, according to Clausewitz?
(a) A single long battle.
(b) A succession of single blows with short periods of peace times.
(c) A long succession of battles.
(d) A short single blow.

3. What does Clausewitz warn the reader not to do in regards to the description of strategic maneuvers?
(a) To think too much.
(b) To oversimplify.
(c) To think Napoleon was a genius.
(d) To follow past battle plans to the letter.

4. What does Clausewitz say about the time passed to acquire knowledge in Book 2, Chapter 5?
(a) It will be missed.
(b) It is not very long.
(c) It is too long.
(d) It is well spent.

5. What does Clausewitz say the best soldiers, national leaders and generals have in common?
(a) They are good orators.
(b) They have no fear.
(c) They have clear goals.
(d) They have superior intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What complements each method of defense according to Clausewitz in Book 5, Chapter 1?

2. What clouds a soldier's objectivity concerning war according to Clausewitz?

3. What is suspension of action in war usually a sign of according to Clausewitz?

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

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

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