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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Lee (May 9, 1864) Grant (May 9, 1864): Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the failed assault on Hancock's center, which general is badly wounded?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Meade.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Grant.

2. From what period do terribly bloody battles follow one another according to Shaara?
(a) 1861-1863.
(b) 1865-1866.
(c) 1867-1868.
(d) 1871-1879.

3. Who shot Stonewall Jackson during the Battle of Chancellorsville?
(a) His best friend.
(b) The general.
(c) The commander.
(d) His own men.

4. What is the cliche regarding the Southern fight in the Civil War?
(a) It was for autonomy.
(b) It was to dominate women.
(c) It was for states' right.
(d) It was for preservation of the union.

5. Who expresses his frustration with bad intelligence where nothing that had been thought true the day before proves to be so?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Lee.
(c) Grant.
(d) Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. For mutually beneficial transactions, what were northern and southern troops willing to have temporarily?

2. Who expresses outright contempt for the foreign dignitaries?

3. What unorthodox practice does Meade have that shows a change of heart in Meade from bitterness to faith?

4. After the failed assault on Hancock's center when the log wall burned, the attack was repulsed. Who died?

5. Who replaces General Meade as the commander of the Federal forces?

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