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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, On Strategy in General : Chapter 2, Force, Reserves & Space.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Clausewitz characterize harboring reserve troops when they should be used to their fullest?
(a) Good judgement.
(b) Unimaginable.
(c) Counter productive.
(d) The mark of a genius.

3. What clouds a soldier's objectivity concerning war according to Clausewitz?
(a) If he his still active.
(b) His country of origin.
(c) How much he has been worn down by war.
(d) How much money he made during the war.

4. What does Clausewitz compare the old "art of war" to to conclude its uselessness?
(a) Cultivation and eating.
(b) Arrow making and archery.
(c) Cow breeding and cultivation.
(d) Sword building and fencing.

5. What emotion does Clausewitz say should be used to make the enemy doubt the outcome of a war?
(a) Cowardliness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Overconfidence.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clausewitz say must determine the amount of efforts and resources put in a war?

2. What is the populace trained to do according to Clausewitz?

3. What factor does Clausewitz say was considered the only one that could be calculated according to the first author trying to theorize war?

4. What brings value to a strategy according to Clausewitz?

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

(see the answer key)

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