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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Councils.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, during the American's retreat following their defeat in New York, how do the rebels behave?
(a) Like a beaten army in flight.
(b) Unlike a beaten army in skirmishes along the road.
(c) In full resistance to the British and Hessians.
(d) In stubborn resistance when they are nearly in equal opposition.

2. What do the Hessians do prior to the attack in "The Surprise?"
(a) Cut off patrols completely after a week of false alarms.
(b) Increase the number of security guards.
(c) Maintain their vigilance despite alarms.
(d) Let their guard down.

3. When does Thomas Paine decide to publish another pamphlet similar to Common Sense?
(a) January, 1777.
(b) November, 1776.
(c) December, 1776.
(d) October, 1776.

4. British commanders are highly skilled professionals who bond with one another as old boys, but are sensitive to what?
(a) Wealth and title.
(b) Wealth and competence.
(c) Rank and privilege.
(d) Education and rank.

5. George Washington knows that the British are salivating over the prospect of invading and conquering what city as they wait for a river to freeze to allow them passage?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Baltimore.

Short Answer Questions

1. While officers of the Hessian army all have specific beliefs, by what are these men defined?

2. At the time of the American Revolution, which force is equal to the British army?

3. The author describes Richard Stockton, as well as members of other notable New Jersey families, as having done what?

4. An illness tears through the troops that fight against the Americans during the summer of what year in the latter half of the 1770s?

5. The first chapter, "The Rebels," foreshadows which battles?

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