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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 5, Longstreet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Lee believe there are Union cavalry in Gettysburg?
(a) Cavalry travels behind infantry, not in front of it.
(b) He believes Stuart would have told him if the cavalry were arriving there.
(c) The Union army has lost so many of its horses, it can no longer support a cavalry.
(d) Gettysburg is known to be sympathetic with the Southern cause.

2. What does Chamberlain think will happen if the South wins?
(a) The South will become a British protectorate.
(b) The South will eventually overtake the North.
(c) The North and South will eventually reunify.
(d) America will become two countries.

3. Which of these countries is NOT represented at breakfast?
(a) Prussia
(b) France
(c) England
(d) Austria

4. What is described as "that ripply sound that raised the hair, that high thin scream from far away... terrible, inhuman"?
(a) The scream of wounded horses
(b) The Rebel yell
(c) The scream of wounded men
(d) The scream of incoming cannon fire

5. Which of these is NOT a description of Stonewall Jackson as given by Longstreet to Fremantle?
(a) He did not eat pepper.
(b) He was compassionate toward his enemies.
(c) He went around with his finger in the air.
(d) He loved to chew lemons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Buford pause when writing for help?

2. What misconception, in Longstreet's opinion, does Fremantle have of Lee?

3. What decision does Longstreet make after hearing the spy's information?

4. Which of these does Lee think will NOT be an issue with Meade?

5. Who is Armistead's friend in the Union army?

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