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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 does Clausewitz say the best soldiers, national leaders and generals have in common?
(a) They are good orators.
(b) They have no fear.
(c) They have superior intelligence.
(d) They have clear goals.

2. What does Clausewitz say about holding new territories?
(a) It is easy to do for a large army.
(b) They need to be adjacent to an attacker's normal theatre of operation.
(c) The country needs to appoint a governor as quickly as possible.
(d) Martial law is a necessity.

3. What topic appears in the last few chapters of On War?
(a) The use of large cavalry groups.
(b) The use of artillery techniques.
(c) Information gathering.
(d) The use of limited aims in war.

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

5. What is required to achieve the destruction of the enemy according to Clausewitz in Book 6, Chapter 1?
(a) Good diplomacy.
(b) A large army.
(c) Battles.
(d) Deception.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship does Clausewitz emphasize in Book 6, Chapter 2?

2. What are the defensive lines of thinking concerned about according to Clausewitz?

3. What can attack and defense be transformed into according to Clausewitz?

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

5. What does the new political landscape contemporary to Clausewitz create for countries according to Clausewitz?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Clausewitz say of the attack strength?

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

5. What is the focus of every nation according to Clausewitz?

6. What does Clausewitz say is necessary for the destruction of the enemy?

7. What does Clausewitz' personal experiences teach him concerning war?

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

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

10. What use of a small force does Clausewitz talk about in the book 8?

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