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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invited Horwitz to a reenactment in Chapter 6?

2. How did Horwitz travel at the start of Chapter 3?

3. Where did Foote live?

4. Where was the "Start Spangled Banner" composed?

5. What did Foote and Horwitz spend several hours discussing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did the Civil War empower according to a 70 year old woman?

2. Why did Horwitz spend most of his first day at the reenactment lying on the ground?

3. What park has a sculpture of major Confederate figures carved?

4. Why did Horwitz see a contradiction between the South's perceived oppression and the reality?

5. Why can't tourists find the locations in the "Gone with the Wind" book?

6. What struck Horwitz as odd about Kentucky's identification to the Confederacy?

7. What did Foote do during his visits of the Shiloh battlefield?

8. What ceremonies did African Americans and Whites commemorate the Civil War soldiers with in Vicksburg?

9. Who was Shelby Foote according to Chapter 7?

10. Why was Horwitz thrown out of the bar in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reason why a Northern woman would correspond with a Confederate prisoner of war.

Essay Topic 2

Examine why people would be compelled to relive the lives of soldiers on the battlefield of the Civil War.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Civil War and the reasons it shaped American psyche.

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