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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. Who were the rules created for according to Clausewitz?
(a) The poor.
(b) The unintelligent.
(c) The rich.
(d) The military.

2. What clouds a soldier's objectivity concerning war according to Clausewitz?
(a) If he his still active.
(b) How much he has been worn down by war.
(c) How much money he made during the war.
(d) His country of origin.

3. What does Clausewitz' experience teach him about war and their similarities?
(a) They are all different.
(b) They are identical.
(c) Military geniuses are always involved.
(d) They all start the same way.

4. What controls the strategist according to Clausewitz?
(a) Duty to the troops and to the objectives.
(b) The rules of engagement.
(c) The generals.
(d) The civilian powers.

5. Why do the first war theorists only consider what could be mathematically calculated when they created the first war theory according to Clausewitz?
(a) They wanted the theory to be easily taught.
(b) They didn't care about war.
(c) They wanted to reach a set of sure and positive conclusion.
(d) They were mathematicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Clausewitz, what is typically not decisive in a long term conflict?

2. What are high ranking officers usually not, according to Clausewitz?

3. What does Clausewitz compare the old "art of war" to to conclude its uselessness?

4. What was not considered a suitable subject for theory in the former "art of war" according to Clausewitz?

5. What does Clausewitz say he is trying to do in Book 3, Chapter 2?

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