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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 reserves can be used for?
(a) To push for the final decision and counter unforeseen attacks.
(b) To allow troops rest so they can be rotated in the front line.
(c) To allow for the king to visit the troops.
(d) To protect the officers from retreating troops.

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

3. What situation does Clausewitz envision being the only one where one can completely destroy the army of the enemy?
(a) When the enemy goals are high enough to allow it.
(b) When the enemy is too slow to retreat.
(c) When the enemy has a small army.
(d) When the enemy's general is incompetent.

4. What does Clausewitz compare countries who send soldiers to help allies to?
(a) Good neighbors.
(b) Friends.
(c) War mongers.
(d) Opportunists.

5. When is initiative more helpful according to Clausewitz?
(a) In defense.
(b) In strategy.
(c) In tactic.
(d) In attack.

6. According to Clausewitz, what is decision outside the realm of strategy?
(a) Casual force.
(b) Diplomacy.
(c) Luck.
(d) Tactical mastery.

7. What is military life about according to Clausewitz?
(a) Order and agression.
(b) Restraint and discipline.
(c) Fighting injustice.
(d) Killing the enemy and coming back alive.

8. What type of engagement does Clausewitz say has a superior value?
(a) A quick engagement.
(b) An attrition battle.
(c) A combination of engagements.
(d) One large engagement.

9. What definition of defense does Clausewitz give in Book 4, Chapter 1?
(a) To successfully not get hit even when another tried to hit you.
(b) To block the enemy's advances without loss of life.
(c) To build fortifications that cannot be broken.
(d) To attack first and destroy the enemy totally.

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

11. What does Clausewitz call the moment of a battle where there is opportunity for a decisive victory?
(a) The end of the struggle.
(b) The turning point.
(c) Culmination of the attack.
(d) Height of the engagement.

12. Why is the offensive party's line of thinking only concerned with the attack according to Clausewitz?
(a) Attack is usually an all in move.
(b) Attack minded generals are not smart enough for multi-level thinking.
(c) He can boast completeness.
(d) Attack is more simple.

13. What does Clausewitz say will force an enemy to withdraw from a previously conquered territory?
(a) The capture of a depot.
(b) Capturing its commanding officer.
(c) Destroying its camp.
(d) Cutting its supply lines.

14. What does Clausewitz say would be the message sent by an army taking a castle, burning the fields, dispersing the livestock and then retreating?
(a) One army is punishing the other.
(b) The people around the castle were too weak.
(c) One army does not have a good military plans.
(d) The cattle was host to disease.

15. What is, in a large part, intuitive according to Clausewitz?
(a) Effective military leadership.
(b) Fear and self-preservation.
(c) Joining another army.
(d) Courage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What construction method does Clausewitz use as a metaphor for holding new territories?

3. Why would an ally stop its help according to Clausewitz?

4. What building does Clausewitz says is highly desirable for an army to have during the first half of the 19th century?

5. What is the top priority of each side during a battle according to Clausewitz?

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