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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is reading supposed to provide the military reader according to Clausewitz?
(a) A blueprint for war.
(b) Time to reflect on their lives.
(c) Preparatory guidance.
(d) A good idea of what to expect on the battlefield.

2. What does Clausewitz say has a profound effect on methods used in war?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) The government.
(c) The aims.
(d) The weapons.

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

4. What event does Clausewitz fear would make his book liable to endless misinterpretation?
(a) The invention of the Gatling gun.
(b) His early death.
(c) The introduction of women in the armed forces.
(d) Releasing the book within his lifetime.

5. Why were the rules created according to Clausewitz?
(a) To prevent civilians from interfering with war plans.
(b) To prevent the military from taking power.
(c) To prevent soldiers from revolting.
(d) To provide guidance on how to behave and act.

6. What are high ranking officers usually not, according to Clausewitz?
(a) Good learners.
(b) Geniuses.
(c) Smart people.
(d) Scholarly personnel.

7. What tenet does Clausewitz admit previous war theorists got right?
(a) Cavalry cannot be defeated.
(b) Engagement is the only effective means of war.
(c) Engagement is a sign of a weak commander.
(d) Commanding officers are paramount to any army.

8. What does Clausewitz say about routine?
(a) Its importance is increasing.
(b) It does not matter.
(c) Its importance is decreasing.
(d) It has the same importance for the general down to the enlisted men.

9. How long does Clausewitz say it would take a man to compile a proper survey of history?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) A lifetime.
(d) 50 years.

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

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

12. What emotion does Clausewitz say should be used to make the enemy doubt the outcome of a war?
(a) Fear.
(b) Greed.
(c) Overconfidence.
(d) Cowardliness.

13. How many activities does Clausewitz say strategic methods consist of?
(a) 5 activities.
(b) 6 activities.
(c) 3 activities.
(d) 2 activities.

14. Why don't civilized nations execute their prisoners according to Clausewitz?
(a) They do not want to waste bullets.
(b) Intelligence plays a higher part in warfare.
(c) It is against the Geneva Convention.
(d) They do not have time to take prisoners.

15. 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 wanted to reach a set of sure and positive conclusion.
(c) They were mathematicians.
(d) They didn't care about war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clausewitz say dictates how much control an official must maintain over others?

2. What is the aim of war according to Clausewitz?

3. What does Clausewitz say clouds the reality of one's position within a situation?

4. What does Clausewitz claim as a vital component of critical analysis?

5. What should military people do when they are not on the battlefield according to Clausewitz?

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