The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. the word shrink as used in this sentence from the passage means a) a psychiatrist. b) to back off from. c) to become smaller. d) to disappear from view

C) To back off from

Explanation:

In the context of the passage, the expression shrink means that the soldiers withdraw from the confrontation and the circumstances related to the crisis in the middle of the American Revolution. These soldiers were called sunshine patriots because they only supported the loyal patriots when they were winning. This was George Washington’s huge problem trying to maintain soldiers active during the Revolution.

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according to the passage the most suitable options are two. the first one is "by leading the aef to victory in several key battles" like the battle of saint- mihiel and the battle of cantigny mentioned in the passage you copied here. the second one is "by the aef and allied forces defeat germany" since the passage says that his army destroy the german resistance in the meuse- argonne offensive. and also, "by insisting that the aef operate as an independent force".

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i don't think it's c or d. i think it's either a or b.

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