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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After General Washington leaves New York, where do the British follow the Americans over the Hudson River ?
(a) Palomar.
(b) Plymouth Rock.
(c) Palisades.
(d) Passaic.

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

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

4. Where does the Americans' intelligence methodology work better than it had in New York?
(a) Hudson River Valley.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Boston.
(d) Harpers Ferry.

5. While he hates war passionately, Paine believes it is the lesser of two evils, the worse being what?
(a) Having to live under British tyranny.
(b) Having to live under French tyranny.
(c) Having to live under socialism.
(d) Having to live under Hessian tyranny.

Short Answer Questions

1. How certain is General William Howe about how successful the British army will be in opposition to the American rebels?

2. As the British convene, at what pace does their training continue?

3. The Hessian army is comprised of what type of soldiers?

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

5. Initially, General Washington and his remaining troops flee Long Island to what location?

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