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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What definition does Clausewitz give for "friction"?
(a) Small battles.
(b) Soldier mental breakdown.
(c) Anything bizarre making things difficult.
(d) Foreigners among the ranks.

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

3. What does Clausewitz say was setup as a final arbiter of war in the former theory of the "art of war"?
(a) Artillery.
(b) Supply.
(c) Cavalry.
(d) Infantry.

4. What does Clausewitz say about the time passed to acquire knowledge in Book 2, Chapter 5?
(a) It will be missed.
(b) It is well spent.
(c) It is not very long.
(d) It is too long.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is never final in war according to Clausewitz?

2. What emotion does Clausewitz say should be used to make the enemy doubt the outcome of a war?

3. What are Clausewitz views on fear in Book 2, Chapter 3?

4. What is the third property according to Clausewitz?

5. What definition does Clausewitz give of wearing down the enemy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is just as important as physical fitness?

2. What motive to make war always exists according to Clausewitz?

3. Why does Clausewitz think that the result of war is never final?

4. According to Clausewitz, what needs to be subdued to win a war?

5. How does Clausewitz calculate the power of resistance of the enemy?

6. What is the difference between strategy and tactics according to Clausewitz?

7. What objectives will incidentally bring the enemy's collapse according to Clausewitz?

8. What does Clausewitz think of the current theory on war?

9. What is strategy, according to Clausewitz?

10. What does Clausewitz say about war strategy education?

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