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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. Where did Horwitz's host spend the night?

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

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

4. What did Ed and Sue Curtis stop doing?

5. How many Jews did Walt meet before Horwitz ?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event opened the Civil War according to Chapter 3?

2. What was Mauriel Johnson's book a counterbalance of?

3. Who did Walt think was part of a conspiracy to ruin the White race?

4. What was unique about Henry Wirz's fate?

5. What did Horwitz decide to become?

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

7. Who introduced Horwitz to the Civil War according to Chapter 1?

8. What was Horwitz disturbed by at the start of the trip?

9. What did Horwitz and his father do after the latter's retirement?

10. Who was Alberta Martin's husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reasons why a man would feel compelled to trace back an ancestor's actions during a war.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why a victim of racism would use the same rhetoric against another group.

Essay Topic 3

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

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