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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 believes that, as the Americans mature as a cohesive unit, they will eventually see the benefits of what?
(a) Order and religiou faith.
(b) Spiritual faith and discipline.
(c) Order and discipline.
(d) Intelligence and marching skills.

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

3. What happens in December, 1776, that changes the course of the war?
(a) The Hessians quit.
(b) Weather changes for the better.
(c) Weather changes for the worse.
(d) The British run out of munitions.

4. General Washington believes that only 20% of British forces are on Long Island and are ready for battle. In reality, what is this percentage?
(a) 90%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 50%.

5. At one point, what is it that haunts General William Howe about the Battle at Bunker Hill, which is eventually won by the British?
(a) The comparable military skills of the rebels.
(b) How few officers die.
(c) The amount of bloodshed.
(d) The endless supply of rebel weapons and munitions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In a way, General William Howe might be acknowledging what subsequent outcome of sthe Battle at Bunker Hill?

3. 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?

4. Who expands the Hessian army?

5. What are the first British battalions to land?

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