What Would Be Your Job in the American Revolution?

By: Mark Lichtenstein
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
What Would Be Your Job in the American Revolution?
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About This Quiz

Have you ever thought about who you might have been in another time? The American Revolution was a crucial period in which many American lives were forged. How would you have done?
Are you crazy brave?
I am stupid brave.
I am insanely brave.
I have a load of nerve.
I'm a coward.
Are you good with machines?
Small ones
Big ones
I'll learn what I need to learn.
I'm okay with a mangler.
How are your math skills?
They suck.
They are great!
They are good enough to do a cipher.
They are awful!

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How long do you think you could march without falling down?
Weeks
Days
Hours
Not at all
Are you quiet?
As silent as the grave
Nope!
I can creep like a ninja.
I'm a bit of a klutz.
How steady are your hands?
Very steady
Like stone
Totally unshakable
I'm shaking right now.

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Have you ever killed a man in close combat?
Yes.
No!
In my nightmares.
I don't think I could do that.
Have you ever killed a man at range?
No
Yes
In my dreams
God heavens!
Could you lie to your family?
I couldn't do that.
I don't have much family left.
I do all the time.
If I tried, I'd fail.

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Could you lie to your friends?
Only about the odds of victory
Only about how many people we're going to kill
About anything, yes
No
Could you lie to the authorities?
No
Not well
Of course
I don't think so
Could you lie to your own comrades?
No, never
No, unless it was something like "We'll be okay fellahs!"
Sure
I don't know if I could lie to anyone.

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How good is your memory?
It's not great.
It's okay with some procedures.
It's fantastic.
It's okay.
Can you keep a secret?
Not very well
Not well at all
Yes
Oh! That reminds me of this great secret I was told...
Are you willing to see things through to the bitter end?
I will fight until I die.
I will work until I die.
I will do whatever I need to do until death.
You mean like, cleaning things with ammonia?

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Are you willing to follow the clues no matter where they lead?
Clues? Sounds hard.
I don't like mysteries.
Yes
I don't have the mental capacity for that.
Would you damn even those closest to you for the sake of the revolution?
I thought the whole point was avoiding that...
I'm fighting so I don't have to do that.
Yes
God no!
How comfortable are you with bribes?
Not at all
I'm comfortable receiving them.
I'm totally at ease with them.
Gosh! Sounds awful.

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How tidy are you?
I'm not very tidy.
I can keep work tidy.
I'm as tidy as I need to be.
I'm so tidy.
How organized are you?
I can organize myself okay.
I'm good with a small team.
I'm meticulously organized.
I can handle a simple job.
How are you with doing the laundry?
I haven't done it in weeks.
I haven't even bathed in days.
I'm pretending to be a hobo, so I'm wearing rags.
I'll have it done in a jiffy!

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Are you comfortable spending the war following someone around, doing all the little day to day things for them that fall even below the role of secretary?
That would drive me nuts.
I would desert.
If that wins the war, I'll do it.
I don't mind.
Do you mind not getting any glory?
I mind very much.
I mind a bit.
I don't mind much.
I don't mind at all.
Do you want a skill that will translate into a career after the war is done?
No
It'd be nice.
Yes, very much
Absolutely

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Are you really fit?
Yes
I'm in fairly good shape.
Not really
I can carry things around and do manual labor.
Are you able to put pain out of your mind and persevere?
Yes
To a point
Not very well
Not at all
Are you good at following orders you don't agree with?
I'm fine with them
I'm all right with them
I'm perfectly at ease with them
I'd be terrible at that

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How much nerve do you have?
Plenty
Tons
More than anyone
None
Are you a capable ranger?
Very much so
Not really
A bit
Nope
What do you know of chemistry?
Very little
I know a lot.
I know a bit.
I know nothing.

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