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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What feat does Buford accomplish at Thorofare Gap?
2. Which of these does Lee think will NOT be an issue with Meade?
3. What has happened to Heth?
4. Who is described, upon his arrival, as looking "like a French king, all curls and feathers?"
5. Why doesn't Lee believe there are Union cavalry in Gettysburg?
Short Essay Questions
1. Based on his interaction with the mutineers, how would you characterize Chamberlain's leadership?
2. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 5, Longstreet," what does Fremantle say about Lee? How are Fremantle and Lee similar in their approach to warfare?
3. Describe how Longstreet appears to other soldiers.
4. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 7, Buford," what do you think it symbolizes when Buford cannot find the white angel but sees instead the Rebel fires burning?
5. How would you characterize the friendship between Kilrain and Chamberlain?
6. Why is Lee so concerned about Longstreet's well-being?
7. Why have the 120 men from the Second Maine mutinied?
8. Do you think Reynolds is a good commander? Why or why not?
9. Describe the situation at the end of "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee."
10. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee," why does Lee think "God has decreed a fight here?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Some mention is made of the foreign soldiers traveling with the Confederacy. Fremantle, an English soldier, often has conversations with Longstreet and the other soldiers. Although the British are against slavery as Fremantle is, he identifies more with the Southern fighters. Why? What is the basis for his opinion of them? What role, if any, does he play in the army? Use the text to support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Each of the section of The Killer Angels opens with a fragment from the song "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah."
1) What is the significance of these quoted fragments?
2) How do these fragments set up the action to follow?
3) Is the use of this song to frame the novel successful? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Naturally, the characters in The Killer Angels had lives before and outside of the war. Choose three of the following characters and describe what the author tells us about their lives outside of the army. How do these lives influence them as soldiers? Given what the reader is told of those lives, are any of their actions within the army surprising? Why or why not? Use the text to support your ideas.
1) Chamberlain
2) Longstreet
3) Pickett
4) Armistead
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