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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 is the Russian front famous for according to Clausewitz?
(a) Being weak.
(b) Defeating enemies.
(c) Being unprotected.
(d) Being large.

2. What does Clausewitz say can be challenging to do during a particular campaign?
(a) Attack.
(b) Defend.
(c) Wait.
(d) Surrender.

3. What reason does Clausewitz give for the way the majority of the time in war is spent?
(a) To rest the troops.
(b) The strategy demands it.
(c) To move the troops from one battlefield to the other.
(d) To set up defenses.

4. What effect can physical violence have on troops if they don't understand why violence should be used according to Clausewitz?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Anticipation.
(c) Drop in morale.
(d) Fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can one do with a small force according to Clausewitz?

2. What does Clausewitz' experience teach him about war and their similarities?

3. What does Clausewitz say about the use of the forces available in Book 3, Chapter 2?

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

5. What type of engagement does Clausewitz say has a superior value?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Clausewitz argue are more prone to self-sacrifice?

2. According to Clausewitz, what is the majority of time spent on during war?

3. Why did the Jews, in the example given by Clausewitz to illustrate his vision on holding terrain, not form a strong country?

4. What does Clausewitz say about position and waiting?

5. What does Clausewitz say war often comes down to?

6. What is the theatre of operation according to Clausewitz?

7. What does Clausewitz say of an army using the purely defensive mode?

8. What does Clausewitz says tempers his own view on the superiority of defense?

9. What does Clausewitz think of the concentration of forces?

10. What does Clausewitz say about holding on to conquered terrain?

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