This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6, 'Book 8 : War Plans' : Chapter 2, The Instrument of Policy Seeks Limited Aims.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For Clausewitz, when should defeating the enemy not be the aim of a war?
(a) When the enemy is an economical power.
(b) When the enemy is a salvage.
(c) When the enemy's army is substantially more powerful.
(d) When the enemy has powerful allies.

2. What does Clausewitz say about people and their methods of drawing conclusions?
(a) They draw conclusions without sufficient information.
(b) Political leaders should not draw conclusions.
(c) They draw good conclusions if they are smart.
(d) Only military generals should draw conclusions on military. matters

3. What does the new political landscape contemporary to Clausewitz create for countries according to Clausewitz?
(a) High fear.
(b) Low sense of responsibility.
(c) Heightened sensitivity.
(d) Lower sensitivity.

4. What definition of war does Clausewitz give?
(a) An act of weakness because diplomacy didn't succeed.
(b) A way for nations to settle trivial disputes.
(c) An act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.
(d) A way for the military powerful to grab resources from their neighboring country.

5. How does Clausewitz define the nature of war at the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Simple and strict.
(b) Simple and changeable.
(c) Complex and changeable.
(d) Complex and strict.