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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chamberlain (April 12, 1865) Lee (April 12, 1865) Grant (April 14, 1865): Chapter 53-55.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the luxury item that Grant has for dessert with his troops?
(a) Plums.
(b) Sugary dates.
(c) Licorice.
(d) Chocolate.

2. Who is the engineer that came up with the novel idea to blow a hole in the Confederate defense?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Meade.

3. What do Lee's men begin to abandon, revealing their loss of morale?
(a) Their muskets.
(b) Their hats.
(c) Their uniforms.
(d) Their boots.

4. Who receives orders from Sheridan to move his forces forward from Saylor's Creek to Appomattox?
(a) Lee.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Grant.

5. Who expresses outright contempt for the foreign dignitaries?
(a) Meade.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Gettsyburg conflict?

2. What book is "The Last Full Measure" in Shaara's set of Civil War books?

3. Who brings his Federal soldiers against Hill on the Confederate left flank?

4. Why does Chamberlain almost faint in Fannie's arms?

5. Who is the commander of the Sixth Corps?

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