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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 are the top commanders more prone to suffer from according to Clausewitz?
(a) Incompetence.
(b) Fear.
(c) Overconfidence.
(d) Doubt.

2. 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.

3. 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 provide guidance on how to behave and act.
(d) To prevent soldiers from revolting.

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

5. What does Clausewitz think of the rule first declared to be the one and only?
(a) It was only true for infantry.
(b) It wouldn't stand to reality.
(c) It was the one and only.
(d) It was true at the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clausewitz tell the reader about his view on formal education?

2. What does Clausewitz say influences the answers provided by men about the war?

3. What tends to exacerbate falsehood according to Clausewitz?

4. What does Clausewitz say about friction and strength?

5. What do the kindhearted think, according to Clausewitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clausewitz says about great commanders?

2. What does Clausewitz thinks of the relative strength of attack and defense?

3. What does Clausewitz think of physical and moral components of an army?

4. What didn't the invention of gun powder, advances in fire arms and the advance of civilization alter, according to Clausewitz?

5. What does Clausewitz say of the analysis of several battles at the same time?

6. What does Clausewitz think of the influence of army numbers in war?

7. What does Clausewitz think of the time spent on the acquisition of knowledge?

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

9. What type of men are best at dealing with friction according to Clausewitz and how are they found?

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

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