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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 2, Chamberlain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question continues to occasionally plague Chamberlain?
(a) What if it is he who is wrong?
(b) What is more important, his duty to his men or his duty to his country?
(c) What is this war really about?
(d) How could one man take up arms against another?

2. Why does Buford wave to the Rebel officer?
(a) You never know who on the enemy side might be an old friend.
(b) To find out what rank the officer is.
(c) To get his attention to discuss a surrender.
(d) To signal the start of the battle.

3. From what is the book's title derived?
(a) A letter Chamberlain receives from his father.
(b) A line of Edgar Allan Poe's.
(c) A sermon from a visiting preacher.
(d) A speech Chamberlain made at school.

4. Why does Buford pause when writing for help?
(a) He has an argument with his superior and does not want to apologize.
(b) He does not want his superiors to think he cannot handle the battle.
(c) He has to think up a code in case the enemy got hold of the message.
(d) He has written for help before and it has never come.

5. Which of these is the prevailing opinion held by others about General Meade?
(a) He will not be any help.
(b) He is the best general either side had ever seen.
(c) He knows a great deal about the tactics of Robert E. Lee.
(d) He is the only hope for the Union army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gibbon not want Buford to go into headquarters?

2. What surprises Chamberlain about his interaction with the escaped slave?

3. To whom does Buford once more send a message?

4. What is the situation when Reynolds arrives?

5. What is Buford's main concern?

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