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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Good Ground.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one important way the Americans display their lack of training and discipline?
(a) Their maintaining their lodging in disarray and constantly soiled.
(b) Their lack of dedication to the cause in difficult times.
(c) Their unwillingness to give their lives to the effort.
(d) Their virtual inability to utilize firearms.

2. How many of the Americans' artillery pieces are lost in George Washington's Delaware River crossing?
(a) None.
(b) Almost half.
(c) Nearly a third.
(d) Virtually all.

3. From a military perspective, what is George Washington concerned about in the attack at Trenton?
(a) His troops are soaking wet, cold, and slow.
(b) His troops are in poor spirits.
(c) A large loss of supplies and weapons in the crossing.
(d) The element of surprise has been lost.

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

5. The American objective following their victory over the Hessians at Trenton, regardless of ease of defense, is to entice the enemy into an assault where?
(a) Off the American coast.
(b) In the open American countryside.
(c) On the Americans' turf.
(d) In an American city.

Short Answer Questions

1. The weather deteriorates as George Washington and his troops proceed, and what type of storm blows in?

2. Between the troops, weapons, and supplies they need to get across the Delaware River prior to the attack, how far behind does traveling in the storm put the Americans?

3. While the location the Americans select is their own ground, it is not what?

4. The original plans are to cross the Delaware River under what circumstances?

5. How many of George Washington's troops are lost to the Delaware River during the Americans' crossing?

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