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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fall of New York.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people view Washington as being?
(a) Best suited to plantation management.
(b) Strictly a politician.
(c) A poor military leader.
(d) A true leader.

2. General William Howe feels he knows something else. What is it?
(a) The rebels will never see eye to eye with the King's troops.
(b) Under sufficient pressure, the rebels will concede to the King's troops.
(c) The rebels will join the King's troops in opposition to the Hessians.
(d) The rebels will be willing to negotiate with the King's troops.

3. The Hessian system of discipline differs from that of the British in that the Hessians make greater use of what?
(a) Royal legal system.
(b) Requiring extra drill practice.
(c) Uniform Code of Military Justice.
(d) Corporal punishment.

4. What factor plays a significant role in British military training?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Allowance of wine at meals.
(c) A significant number with criminal pasts.
(d) Purchasing rank levels.

5. An illness tears through the troops that fight against the Americans during the summer of what year in the latter half of the 1770s?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1777.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1778.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does British military training compare with that of the American Revolutionaries?

2. In addition to size, intelligence, and energy, what additional criterion is considered when selecting the British light infantry?

3. Where does General William Howe become part of a strong demonstration intended to force the Colonists back to their proper allegiance?

4. "Washington's Crossing" is a story about which war?

5. In what month of 1776 do the Americans lose the Battle of Long Island?

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