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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40 through 49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant planned to do a short stint in the military before doing what?
(a) Going to medical school.
(b) Taking over his family's business.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Retiring.

2. Grant's time at West Point and in the military meant that he knew who?
(a) Many Union military leaders.
(b) Many of the other long-term military men from both sides of the Civil War.
(c) Foreign military leaders.
(d) The President of the United States.

3. In Chapter 23, Grant received another promotion, this time to _______________ of the volunteers. In this role, he ordered a march on Nashville. There was some wrangling over the command and Grant was briefly relieved of the command then returned to the position.
(a) Colonel.
(b) General.
(c) Major-General.
(d) Major.

4. In Chapter 42, Grant described what?
(a) The troops.
(b) The Confederacy.
(c) The military situation.
(d) His experiences in the war.

5. How does Grant describe the civilians at Monterey?
(a) Worried.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Shy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, states continued to secede from the Union and the Civil War broke out in ________ of 1861.

2. In Chapter 24, Grant arrived with the army at ________________.

3. ______________ fell on Grant and left him painfully bruised and swollen.

4. Grant said the Confederate troops were driven steadily back and eventually retreated. Grant said the victory was cinched by the arrival of whom?

5. In Chapter 43, Grant described the various points of attack, including that of Sherman at a place called ___________ Ridge.

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