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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Plan of the Campaign.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Military training is important to the British as they feel it enforces what?
(a) Troop obedience.
(b) Adoption of skills.
(c) Understanding of bugle calls.
(d) Use of equipment.

2. From where do most of the high-ranking Hessian officers come?
(a) The middle-class.
(b) Sandhurst Royal Military Academy.
(c) Hesse, a province in western Russia.
(d) The aristocracy.

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

4. "Washington's Crossing" is a story about which war?
(a) French and Indian.
(b) American Revolutionary.
(c) Spanish-American.
(d) Mexican.

5. After what battle has General William Howe essentially given up?
(a) Long Island.
(b) Yorktown.
(c) Bunker Hill.
(d) Trenton.

Short Answer Questions

1. The officers of the Hessian army all believe in hierarchy, order, and what else?

2. Who is the best choice for Commander-in-Chief given his experience of command yet is young enough to take the field?

3. If a Hessian soldier misbehaves, who else suffers the same consequences?

4. General William Howe feels he knows something else. What is it?

5. What habits does General William Howe adopt after he recognizes the rebels' level of resistance?

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