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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Lee (March 31, 1865) Chamberlain (April 1, 1865) Lee (April 2, 1865): Chapters 41-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What troops hide behind a railroad cut near the Bristol Station?
(a) Entire II corps.
(b) Chamberlain's.
(c) Grant corps.
(d) Hill's.

2. Who does Grant place before the Mule Shoe?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Meade.
(c) Schuster.
(d) Hancock.

3. What were defensive maneuvers employed when Meade had pressed on his army at Mine Run?
(a) Lowering battelions.
(b) Digging trenches.
(c) Burning houses.
(d) Opening caves.

4. Who tells Grant that he would have been willing to allow slavery?
(a) Lee.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Stuart.

5. What does Shaara employ to illustrate the battles that led to the failure at Bristol?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Flashbacks.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. If the South won the Civil War, what might disintegrate as a result?

2. Who is Lee upset with that had not taken the initiative to attack the Federal right flank when the opportunity arose?

3. What issue is emotional and political to Confederates regardless of why the Civil War is being waged?

4. When the rain falls, what swells up, ready to flood, making it difficult to cross?

5. What does Grant enjoy eating with his soldiers?

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