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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By default, what practice do the Southerners want to maintain in the Civil War?
(a) Cotton picking.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Primogeniture.
(d) Gender inequality.

2. Who arrives in Washington to meet the President in Chapter 7?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Grant.
(d) Lee.

3. What kind of repeating carbines do Sheridan's man have?
(a) 10-shot.
(b) 4-shot.
(c) 9-shot.
(d) 7-shot.

4. Who is the Major ordered to lead three brigades down the cut, placing Hancock's Federal soldiers into a deep V?
(a) Lee.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Sherman.

5. Who does Lee go to visit that has become ill but still meets him on his horse on a small road?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Hill.
(c) Grant.
(d) Longfellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose reinforcements arrive after marching thirty miles in less than two days?

2. Where does Chamberlain return by train?

3. What does Shaara employ to illustrate the battles that led to the failure at Bristol?

4. Who attempts to resign leadership but is denied after Gettysburg?

5. When Meade had pressed on his army at Mine Run, who was criticized for his defensive maneuvers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is trench warfare looked down upon and why is Lee forced to use this method?

2. What is the cliche surrounding the Southern reason for fighting in the Civil War and how does Lee oppose this?

3. What does Lee's anger at Longstreet reveal about his character and his belief in God?

4. Why is it hard to see the enemy in the wilderness that becomes apparent on the first full day of battle?

5. Why does Shaara offer an Introduction to "The Last Full Measure"?

6. How does Lee take Longstreet's view of Grant into his planning for the war?

7. How does Grant get Meade on his side working together to fight the Confederates?

8. How does the fight in the Wilderness initially go from in the favor of the Confederates to defeat?

9. Why does Grant fight in the Civil War?

10. How does Shaara describe the interaction of foreign dignitaries with Grant and Meade?

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