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

2. What are the two sure ways to defeat an enemy according to Clausewitz?
(a) To destroy his armies and invade his country.
(b) To blockade his ports and wait for his surrender.
(c) To defeat his allies and take his women.
(d) To destroy his armies and blockade his country.

3. What terrain does Clausewitz say might allow for a different type of use than the one he advocates?
(a) Swamp.
(b) River bound.
(c) Mountain.
(d) Flat.

4. What does Clausewitz say about the use of the forces available in Book 3, Chapter 2?
(a) It must be used in small group.
(b) It must be mobile.
(c) It must be used on a wide front.
(d) It must be concentrated.

5. What is the populace trained to do according to Clausewitz?
(a) To complain or sabotage.
(b) Submit to others.
(c) Rebel.
(d) Take up arms against the country's enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clausewitz mean by "Destroying the enemy?"

2. What does Clausewitz think of the rule first declared to be the one and only?

3. What is military life about according to Clausewitz?

4. What definition does Clausewitz give for "friction"?

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

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