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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hard Choices.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author's mentioning of Congress' taking steps toward a system of separate legislative and executive powers foreshadows what?
(a) The foreshadowing of voting rights regardless of sex or race.
(b) The foundation of a democratic form of American government.
(c) The foundation of a republican form of American government.
(d) The foundation of checks and balances for the current government.

3. The first chapter, "The Rebels," foreshadows what events?
(a) The hardest struggles yet to come in the Revolution.
(b) The struggles in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and the Carolinas.
(c) The death of Washington prior to the end of the war.
(d) The death of Benjamin Franklin prior to the end of the war..

4. What do the British intend to do following their confrontation with the Americans on the New Jersey shoreline of the Hudson River?
(a) Defeat the Americans in battle with minimal casualties on either side.
(b) Force an American retreat without engaging them in battle.
(c) Engage the Americans in battle and defeat them.
(d) Compel the Americans into surrendering.

5. What do the British learn after mastering the skill of marching?
(a) Physical exercise.
(b) Reconnaissance.
(c) Hand-to-hand combat.
(d) Use of weapons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the British opt not to hire the Hessian army to serve in the Colonies long before the American Revolution?

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

3. In "Hard Choices," the enemy is moving to the east side of what state?

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

5. George Washington holds firmly to his resolve, which the author points out is one of the reasons the general's men regard him how?

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