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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While officers of the Hessian army all have specific beliefs, by what are these men defined?
(a) Courage and wealth.
(b) Courage and honor.
(c) Aristocracy and wealth.
(d) Honor and aristocracy.

2. How successful is Thomas Paine in achieving his goal with his second pamphlet?
(a) He is only partially successful.
(b) He achieves it.
(c) He is minimally successful.
(d) He has no success.

3. What does the British militia instruct beyond a general attitude?
(a) How to swim.
(b) How to hunt and cook.
(c) Specific skills.
(d) Use of the telegraph.

4. If a Hessian soldier misbehaves, who else suffers the same consequences?
(a) Fellow troops in his regiment.
(b) Fellow members in his family.
(c) Fellow citizens of his home village or town.
(d) Fellow troops in his squad.

5. At what rate does the Hessian army expand?
(a) Somewhat quickly.
(b) Steadily.
(c) Slowly.
(d) Very rapidly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the overall goal of the British in America?

2. What are the first British battalions to land?

3. In the chapter entitled "The Crisis," the author notes people already use the title "his Excellency" when speaking to George Washington, but identifies what other term as having a very different tone to it?

4. Rather than a retreat from New York, how does General Washington view the maneuver?

5. The author's mentioning of Congress' taking steps toward a system of separate legislative and executive powers foreshadows what?

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