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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clausewitz say about the teaching of war strategy?
(a) Books by generals are best to teach it.
(b) Only he can teach it.
(c) It cannot be taught using old examples.
(d) A good war college is essential.

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

3. What is the foremost prominent factor in war according to Clausewitz?
(a) The skills of the commander.
(b) The training of the soldiers.
(c) The war plan used.
(d) The size of the army.

4. How does Clausewitz sees the first 6 books he wrote in his notes?
(a) As a rough draft.
(b) As being stolen from another author.
(c) As a formless mass that needs to be reworked.
(d) As a ready to publish version.

5. Who does Clausewitz say fares best at war with the consequences of friction?
(a) People who don't care.
(b) People with an iron will.
(c) People who are not smart enough to realize the problem.
(d) People who are smart enough to foresee the friction.

6. Who said that the commander in chief of an army must resolve problems like great mathematicians, such as Newton and Euler?
(a) Clausewitz.
(b) Frederick the Great.
(c) Charles XII.
(d) Napoleon.

7. What should military people do when they are not on the battlefield according to Clausewitz?
(a) Relax.
(b) Train.
(c) Read.
(d) Leave the country.

8. 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.

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

10. What is strategy according to Clausewitz in Book 3, Chapter 1?
(a) The setting up of the army.
(b) The supply line safety.
(c) The use of engagements.
(d) The thinking prior to battle.

11. What does Clausewitz mean by "Destroying the enemy?"
(a) Put the enemy's forces in a condition so they can no longer fight.
(b) Physically destroying all of the enemies forces.
(c) Destroying the enemy's reputation.
(d) Capturing the commanding officers of the enemy.

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

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

14. What is the aim of disarming the enemy according to Clausewitz?
(a) To force the enemy to rebuild his forces.
(b) To clear the way for an invasion.
(c) To win the battle.
(d) To eliminate the threat of the enemy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What controls the strategist according to Clausewitz?

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

3. What definition does Clausewitz give for "friction"?

4. Why don't civilized nations execute their prisoners according to Clausewitz?

5. What was formerly a synonym of the "art of war" in Book 2, Chapter 4?

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