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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author describes Richard Stockton, as well as members of other notable New Jersey families, as having done what?
(a) Being staunch revolutionaries.
(b) Playing both sides in the Revolution.
(c) Being unswayed loyalists.
(d) Remaining independent of either side.

2. Initially, General Washington and his remaining troops flee Long Island to what location?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Queens.
(d) The Bronx.

3. As George Washington makes plans for a surprise attack on Trenton, where do Richard and William Howe disperse the British forces?
(a) Across western New Jersey.
(b) Across southern New Jersey.
(c) Far and wide throughout New Jersey.
(d) Throughout eastern New Jersey and New York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The summer illness that plagues those fighting the Americans in the latter half of the 1770s strikes which troops?

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

3. When the Americans initially flee Long Island, what initially prevents their enemy from catching up?

4. When does Thomas Paine decide to publish another pamphlet similar to Common Sense?

5. The first chapter, "The Rebels," foreshadows what events?

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