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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, On The Theory of War : Chapter 5, Method & Routine, Critical Analysis, Historical Examples.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clausewitz say can alleviate fear in an army and improve performances?
(a) Trust.
(b) Good self esteem.
(c) Money.
(d) Good weapons.

2. What does Clausewitz think of the rule first declared to be the one and only?
(a) It wouldn't stand to reality.
(b) It was the one and only.
(c) It was true at the time.
(d) It was only true for infantry.

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

4. What is war NOT, according to Clausewitz?
(a) A long succession of battles.
(b) A single long battle.
(c) A succession of single blows with short periods of peace times.
(d) A short single blow.

5. What type of operations does Clausewitz say can help in the outcome of war?
(a) Operations to try to occupy more land.
(b) Operations of political significance.
(c) Operations to try to destroy the enemy's army.
(d) Operations to try to capture the capital city of the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Clausewitz say it would take a man to compile a proper survey of history?

2. What faulty concept did theorists try to condense previous theories in according to Clausewitz?

3. What does Clausewitz warn the reader not to do in regards to the description of strategic maneuvers?

4. Who said that the commander in chief of an army must resolve problems like great mathematicians, such as Newton and Euler?

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

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