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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position is Lee offered in the US military as the civil war threatens to start?
(a) None; he is fired.
(b) First in command.
(c) Second in command.
(d) None; he quits before anyone can make him an offer.

2. Who is General Twiggs?
(a) Lee's brother.
(b) Lee's brother-in-law.
(c) Lee's commander.
(d) Lee's father-in-law.

3. What has left Lee's wife crippled?
(a) Polio.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) An accident.
(d) Arthritis.

4. Who arrives as back-up for Hancock as he is guarding his charge?
(a) The U.S. infantry.
(b) Both the U.S. infantry and his friends from town.
(c) His friends from town.
(d) Neither his friends nor the infantry.

5. Who serves as a protective force to make sure there is no trouble during John Brown's execution?
(a) The Virginia Military Academy faculty.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) The Virginia Military Academy students.
(d) The Virginia Military Academy staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of Lee's freed slaves request?

2. Who is Mira?

3. Contrary to media reports, how many men does John Brown have with him during his "uprising"?

4. Who is in charge of the U.S. forces when Texas secedes?

5. What does Jackson do with his wife before he rides off to war with the Corps of Cadets?

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