This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, 'Book 7' The Attack : Chapter 2, Without a Decision, Invasion, Victory.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Clausewitz warn the reader not to do in regards to the description of strategic maneuvers?
(a) To follow past battle plans to the letter.
(b) To think Napoleon was a genius.
(c) To oversimplify.
(d) To think too much.

3. What does Clausewitz say will force an enemy to withdraw from a previously conquered territory?
(a) Destroying its camp.
(b) Capturing its commanding officer.
(c) The capture of a depot.
(d) Cutting its supply lines.

4. What does Clausewitz call the "Spirit"?
(a) The energy of the soldiers en masse.
(b) The aura of the commanding officer.
(c) The perspective of victory.
(d) The courage of the foot soldiers only.

5. Who said that the commander in chief of an army must resolve problems like great mathematicians, such as Newton and Euler?
(a) Clausewitz.
(b) Charles XII.
(c) Frederick the Great.
(d) Napoleon.