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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. Who is Clausewitz' favorite enemy General?
(a) Leopold.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Frederick the Great.
(d) Napoleon.

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

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

4. 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 does not have a good military plans.
(b) The people around the castle were too weak.
(c) One army is punishing the other.
(d) The cattle was host to disease.

5. What relationship does Clausewitz emphasize in Book 6, Chapter 2?
(a) Attack and defense.
(b) War and peace.
(c) Diplomacy and army size.
(d) War and politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the population does Clausewitz say have self sacrifice implanted in their psyche?

2. What is military life about according to Clausewitz?

3. How is the majority of time in war spent according to Clausewitz?

4. What terrain does Clausewitz say might allow for a different type of use than the one he advocates?

5. What is pivotal to successful offensive aims according to Clausewitz?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Clausewitz say of the attack strength?

4. What does Clausewitz say about the priorities in war?

5. Why does Clausewitz say that there is a special relationship between attack and defense?

6. Why should one always keep a reserve according to Clausewitz?

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

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

9. What does Clausewitz claim is not sought during military campaign?

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

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