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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Occupation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Washington's Crossing" details each battle fought from Brooklyn, Long Island, Manhattan, Fort Lee, Trenton, and ultimately where?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Appotomax.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Princeton.

2. How does British military training compare with that of the American Revolutionaries?
(a) Virtually the same.
(b) Fairly similar.
(c) Identical.
(d) Significantly different.

3. The first chapter, "The Rebels," foreshadows what events?
(a) The death of Washington prior to the end of the war.
(b) The hardest struggles yet to come in the Revolution.
(c) The death of Benjamin Franklin prior to the end of the war..
(d) The struggles in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and the Carolinas.

4. While officers of the Hessian army all have specific beliefs, by what are these men defined?
(a) Honor and aristocracy.
(b) Aristocracy and wealth.
(c) Courage and honor.
(d) Courage and wealth.

5. In what month of 1776 do the Americans lose the Battle of Long Island?
(a) June.
(b) Early September.
(c) July.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. How successful is Thomas Paine in achieving his goal with his second pamphlet?

2. Although the Colonists do not win this episode, after what incident does General William Howe come to believe the British will lose the war?

3. What do the people view Washington as being?

4. The Hessian system of discipline differs from that of the British in that the Hessians make greater use of what?

5. From where do most of the high-ranking Hessian officers come?

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