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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clausewitz think of the way wars are usually fought?
(a) They are waged half-heartedly.
(b) They are waged by military geniuses.
(c) They are fought to the last man.
(d) They are waged efficiently.

2. What does Clausewitz say reserves can be used for?
(a) To push for the final decision and counter unforeseen attacks.
(b) To allow for the king to visit the troops.
(c) To protect the officers from retreating troops.
(d) To allow troops rest so they can be rotated in the front line.

3. What does Clausewitz say can be challenging to do during a particular campaign?
(a) Defend.
(b) Wait.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Attack.

4. What is the French definition of an invasion according to Clausewitz?
(a) An attack targeting a specific location.
(b) An attack driving deep into enemy territory.
(c) An attack targeting the capital.
(d) An attack targeting the border lands.

5. What does Clausewitz say is happening to Imperial expansion?
(a) It is doubling in intensity.
(b) It is losing favor.
(c) It is becoming too expensive.
(d) Russia is entering the race for colonies.

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

7. What is, in a large part, intuitive according to Clausewitz?
(a) Effective military leadership.
(b) Joining another army.
(c) Courage.
(d) Fear and self-preservation.

8. According to Clausewitz, what does the power of the attack and the defense do over time?
(a) Grows.
(b) Balance themselves.
(c) Stays the same.
(d) Declines.

9. What is the most prominent form of defensive tactics according to Clausewitz?
(a) Entrenchment.
(b) Evasion.
(c) Heavy fortification.
(d) Light fortification.

10. What can one do with a small force according to Clausewitz?
(a) Use it as a scout.
(b) Attack a small objective.
(c) Integrate it to a larger force.
(d) Defense.

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

12. Why would an ally stop its help according to Clausewitz?
(a) If other allies need their help.
(b) If the enemy bribes them.
(c) If the needs of the ally country is too great for them to fulfill.
(d) If the enemy invades.

13. When is initiative more helpful according to Clausewitz?
(a) In tactic.
(b) In strategy.
(c) In defense.
(d) In attack.

14. When does no side get attacked, but still spend resources toward the war effort according to Clausewitz?
(a) When all sides move their troops.
(b) When all sides are in defensive mode.
(c) When all sides are fearful.
(d) When all sides attack an undefended province of the enemy.

15. What is the Russian front famous for according to Clausewitz?
(a) Being weak.
(b) Being large.
(c) Defeating enemies.
(d) Being unprotected.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clausewitz say he is trying to do in Book 3, Chapter 2?

2. How does Clausewitz call the advantage a defense army has over an offensive army?

3. How can one determine the policies of a specific country at war according to Clausewitz?

4. What definition of defense does Clausewitz give in Book 4, Chapter 1?

5. What is required to achieve the destruction of the enemy according to Clausewitz in Book 6, Chapter 1?

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