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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what army does Chamberlain return in Northern Virginia in Chapter 3?
(a) Midwestern.
(b) Pacific.
(c) Southern.
(d) Northern.

2. Who does Lincoln talk about about the necessity of war being won for the preservation of democracy?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lee.
(c) Meade.
(d) Sherman.

3. Who prepares his Confederate cavalry to meet Sheridan's larger force?
(a) Grant.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Lee.

4. Who has been criticized as losing the Battle of Gettysburg?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Lee.

5. How many miles does Sheridan's cavalry stretch?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

6. What troops come out of the woods at Bristol Station and advance upon Chamberlain?
(a) Unified.
(b) Renegade.
(c) Confederate.
(d) Federal.

7. What color is Lee's horse?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

8. Who meets Chamberlain at the train station?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His wife.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His sister.

9. What were the northern and southern troops friendly enough to barter?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Women.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Coffee.

10. When the rain falls, what swells up, ready to flood, making it difficult to cross?
(a) The pontoon.
(b) The river.
(c) The bridge.
(d) The lake.

11. What are the whizzing bullets that pass Lee?
(a) Hand bullets.
(b) Grenades.
(c) Minie balls.
(d) Torpedo ones.

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

13. If the South won the Civil War, what might disintegrate as a result?
(a) The Confederacy.
(b) The Federalist group.
(c) The Union.
(d) The Economist group.

14. At whom is Lee angry for trying to spread the blame for the defeat at Gettysburg?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Dewey.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Davis.

15. What does Lee get his engineers in response to the heavy rain?
(a) A raincoat.
(b) A waterproof house.
(c) A tent.
(d) A makeshift bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grant want most from the war?

2. Where is Lee astride his horse overlooking the Potomac River?

3. From what period do terribly bloody battles follow one another according to Shaara?

4. Who cross the Rapidan River at the westerly Germanna Ford?

5. Who dismisses Hill's apology for the failed attack at Bristol?

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