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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. How is Gettysburg best described?
(a) The second largest city in Pennsylvania.
(b) A strategically important port town.
(c) A small town in the Pennsylvania countryside.
(d) The headquarters of the entire Union army.

2. What does Corse find out about the young woman Buford has seen in town?
(a) Her husband is an undertaker.
(b) Her husband is a prisoner in a Southern camp.
(c) She is a widow.
(d) She is a Southern sympathizer.

3. Who is Buford initially facing?
(a) Longstreet
(b) Early
(c) Heth
(d) Ewell

4. To whom does Buford send a message regarding the Rebel troops?
(a) Gen. Meade
(b) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
(c) James Longstreet
(d) John Reynolds

5. How long does Buford hope to hold the Rebel soldiers at bay?
(a) Long enough for Lee to arrive in town.
(b) More than six hours.
(c) All day.
(d) Long enough for the infantry to arrive to support his cavalry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disagreement does Buford encounter upon arriving at headquarters?

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

3. What is the situation when Reynolds arrives?

4. What feat does Buford accomplish at Thorofare Gap?

5. What does Buford conclude when the Rebel troops pull back?

(see the answer key)

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