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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the "art of war" about according to Clausewitz?
(a) Defeating your enemy in one blow.
(b) Establishment of an army.
(c) Tactical mastery.
(d) Strategic mastery.

2. What does Clausewitz think of genius and established rules?
(a) Genius makes the rules.
(b) Genius can override rules.
(c) Genius follows rules to the letter.
(d) Genius expands the rules.

3. What do allies do concerning weaknesses according to Clausewitz?
(a) They try to ignore them.
(b) They work to cover each other weaknesses.
(c) They try to match them.
(d) They exploit them.

4. What does Clausewitz say must determine the amount of efforts and resources put in a war?
(a) The goal of the war.
(b) The country economical power.
(c) The will of the generals.
(d) The size of the country.

5. What are the two sure ways to defeat an enemy according to Clausewitz?
(a) To blockade his ports and wait for his surrender.
(b) To destroy his armies and blockade his country.
(c) To defeat his allies and take his women.
(d) To destroy his armies and invade his country.

6. What type of operations does Clausewitz say can help in the outcome of war?
(a) Operations to try to destroy the enemy's army.
(b) Operations to try to occupy more land.
(c) Operations to try to capture the capital city of the enemy.
(d) Operations of political significance.

7. What affects war strategy evolution according to Clausewitz?
(a) Terrain and weather.
(b) Food rationing.
(c) Generals and commanders.
(d) Technology and culture.

8. When does Clausewitz say "true" war first appeared?
(a) In sieges war.
(b) In 745.
(c) With archery.
(d) In European wars.

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

10. What was not considered a suitable subject for theory in the former "art of war" according to Clausewitz?
(a) Army building.
(b) The conduct of war.
(c) Tactics.
(d) Strategy.

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

12. What does discernment help superior officers do with the information gathered according to Clausewitz?
(a) Learn from the enemy's mistakes regarding how to prevent information leaks.
(b) Choose how to bribe enemy soldiers.
(c) Eliminate error.
(d) Pick good intelligence officers.

13. What does Clausewitz say clouds the reality of one's position within a situation?
(a) Bad terrain.
(b) Over confidence.
(c) Fear.
(d) The fog of war.

14. What does Clausewitz think of wars between civilized nations compared to savages?
(a) They are less cruel and destructive.
(b) They are the same.
(c) They are more pretty because of the uniforms.
(d) They are more cruel and destructive.

15. What is the aim of war according to Clausewitz?
(a) Get a better army.
(b) Destroy the country side of the enemy.
(c) Destroy the capital city of the enemy.
(d) Disarm the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clausewitz qualify the task of creating a scientific theory for the conduct of war?

2. What factor does Clausewitz say was considered the only one that could be calculated according to the first author trying to theorize war?

3. Why does Clausewitz think great leaders were always right?

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

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

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