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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following outcomes is NOT specifically mentioned as being important to plan for?
(a) Standoff.
(b) Failure.
(c) Partial success.
(d) Unexpected success.

2. Which nation did Russia decide to focus their efforts on first?
(a) Austria.
(b) Romania.
(c) Prussia.
(d) Germany.

3. What was one way that Hitler gained political ascendancy in Germany?
(a) By expelling foreigners.
(b) By exploiting in-fighting.
(c) By cutting down on corruption.
(d) By paying out welfare whenever possible.

4. What was England's primary strength throughout the First World War?
(a) Its tanks.
(b) Its airforce.
(c) Its army.
(d) Its navy.

5. "Limited aim" strategy generally precludes what type of outcome?
(a) Bloodless victories.
(b) Decisive results.
(c) Indecisive results.
(d) Psychological defeat of the enemy.

6. What was Germany's problem in Russia with regards to grand strategy?
(a) There was no real infrastructure in Russia.
(b) The Russians would never become fascists.
(c) There was no real achievable border in Russia.
(d) German officials refused appointments to Russian territory.

7. What is the purpose of strategy?
(a) To cause the enemy to abandon their goal.
(b) The capture enemy resources and wealth.
(c) To destroy the people's politics, culture and religion.
(d) To destroy the enemy armies entirely.

8. Late in the war, the primary German leader in the east was allowed to employ the indirect method by using what kind of an attack?
(a) A sea assault on Leningrad.
(b) A flanking maneuver.
(c) A psychological attack using propaganda.
(d) An attack against the Vilna-Dvinsk railway.

9. What field of military leadership generally applies to forces smaller than armies or fleets?
(a) Tactics.
(b) Strategy.
(c) Grand strategy.
(d) Diplomacy.

10. Lawrence frequently utilized which strategy?
(a) Encirclement.
(b) Wedge attacks.
(c) Trapping forces by dependency.
(d) Infiltration.

11. "Limited aim" wars are most often employed by what types of military forces?
(a) Forces with no overall grand strategy.
(b) Modern armies.
(c) Those without real coordinated leadership.
(d) Those with inferior numbers.

12. Which of the following historical commanders did NOT enjoy supreme power in both military and political matters, as did Hitler?
(a) Hannibal.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Alexander.

13. About how many soldiers did the Italians lose in their two and a half years of fighting in the First World War?
(a) Two-hundred thousand.
(b) One-hundred thousand.
(c) One million.
(d) Five-hundred thousand.

14. How did Hitler secure the loyalty of the commanders serving under him?
(a) He used flattery and praise liberally.
(b) He put them in positions they were suited for.
(c) He consistently followed through with his word.
(d) He gave them generous promotions and money.

15. Which important development did Clausewitz overlook in his books?
(a) Secret treaties.
(b) Mechanization.
(c) Rifled weapons.
(d) The machine-gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does that author state as being his major intention in writing this book?

2. Which of the following did Clausewitz see himself as?

3. Which of the following was an important use of air-power in World War II?

4. Clausewitz himself admitted that his books had what flaw?

5. The author argues that the nature of strategy explains which of the following regarding how people change their opinions?

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