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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In battles at what locations do the Americans learn important lessons about artillery?
(a) Concord and Boston.
(b) Baltimore and New York.
(c) Boston and Baltimore.
(d) Boston and New York.

2. What is the American rebels' attitude following their crossing the Delaware River and heading on toward Trenton?
(a) They are despondent.
(b) They are in understandably poor spirits.
(c) They have pretty much given up.
(d) They are in remarkably good spirits.

3. Following their confrontation in November, 1776, near the New Jersey shoreline on the Hudson River, where does General Cornwallis instruct his troops to follow the Americans?
(a) Back to Philadelphia.
(b) Clear across the state.
(c) North to Boston.
(d) Down to Baltimore.

4. 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) How few officers die.
(b) The endless supply of rebel weapons and munitions.
(c) The comparable military skills of the rebels.
(d) The amount of bloodshed.

5. "Washington's Crossing" concerns what river?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Potomac.
(d) Hudson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the artillery affect the mobility of the American army during their march toward Trenton?

2. How extensively do the Americans display their lack of training and discipline?

3. While he hates war passionately, Paine believes it is the lesser of two evils, the worse being what?

4. In the chapter entitled "Hard Choices," George Washington realizes he is in a delicate spot because if he makes any mistakes, or if fortune turns against him, he risks what?

5. What is the title of Thomas Paine's second pamphlet?

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