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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Boston.

3. Until the point in "Washington's Crossing" where the Americans cross the river and make a surprise attack, they suffer what types of defeat?
(a) Some moderate.
(b) Only one light.
(c) Few serious.
(d) Many crushing.

4. In addition to a tendency to lose officers after long engagements in America, the British and Hessians suffer troop losses due to what?
(a) Exhaustion, frequently getting lost, and inferior equipment.
(b) Lack of food, comfort, and no contact with home.
(c) Illness, exhaustion, and lack of replacements.
(d) Massive desertion, illness, and lack of food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the British eventually hire the Hessian troops?

2. The opposing forces' problems are not directly due to the Americans, but from the failing strength of the British and Hessian forces reulting from what?

3. The first chapter, "The Rebels," foreshadows which battles?

4. In what month of 1776 do the Americans lose the Battle of Long Island?

5. What other group of individuals plays both sides well during the American Revolutionary War?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does General William Howe act following the Battle of Bunker Hill?

2. Why was George Washington selected as commander-in-chief of the American army?

3. What are the foundational elements behind the British military?

4. Why is it in this chapter, "The Crisis," that the author mentions that some people refer to George Washington as a dictator?

5. What does the author note regarding the roles order and discipline have in the victories and the defeats?

6. When they arrive in America, the British army consists of what elements?

7. What does Thomas Paine seek to change with his second pamphlet, entitled "The American Crisis," in November 1776?

8. How does the British pacification policy run into problems arising from problems of supply?

9. Why is George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River considered the turning point in the American Revolutionary War?

10. "Washington's Crossing" by David Hackett Fischer is the story about what?

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