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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 2, Buford.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lee think there is an opportunity here?
(a) Meade will be cautious and slow to move.
(b) Lee has just been given several thousand more troops.
(c) The Confederate Army is much stronger than the Union Army.
(d) The Union Army was just defeated at Vicksburg.

2. Why does Armistead say Lee will not use a defensive strategy?
(a) A defensive strategy has not worked to this time in American warfare.
(b) He does not think it is a sound strategy.
(c) He is too angry at the Union army to refrain from attacking.
(d) He is too proud.

3. Where is Buford's observation point at the start of the battle?
(a) From the base of the white angel
(b) From horseback on top of Cemetery Hill
(c) From the cupola
(d) From a high tree

4. Why is Kilrain only a private?
(a) He had refused promotion several times.
(b) He had picked a fight with an officer.
(c) He had stolen a horse.
(d) He had only joined the army a few weeks earlier.

5. What compliment does Reynolds pay Buford?
(a) He's the best calvary leader in the army.
(b) If he survives, he might make a soldier one day.
(c) He is not a great horseman, but he knows how to choose ground.
(d) He's the best-dressed soldier in the Union army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Reynolds bringing with him?

2. What message does Reynolds send to his commanders?

3. What is unusual about Buford's reaction to Reynolds' arrival?

4. Which of these is the prevailing opinion held by others about General Meade?

5. Who is Buford initially facing?

(see the answer key)

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