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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four, Chapter 44-47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lee have to do after he transitions Virginia's forces into the main army?
(a) Train them all on hand-to-hand combat.
(b) Convince them to take a cut in pay.
(c) Not much.
(d) Get them all to learn how to read and write.

2. Who is Mira?
(a) Hancock's sister.
(b) Hancock's daughter.
(c) Hancock's mother.
(d) Hancock's wife.

3. Why is the battle of Fredericksburg significant for the Twentieth Maine?
(a) No one is even wounded in it.
(b) Everyone dies in it.
(c) It's their first major battle.
(d) It's their last major battle.

4. Who visits McClellan has he and his troops stay put after Lee retreats?
(a) General Chamberlain.
(b) President Davis.
(c) President Lincoln.
(d) General Lee.

5. When does Jackson think Burnside will start the attack across the Rappahannock River?
(a) April 12.
(b) February 12.
(c) May 12.
(d) December 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ways do Jackson and Lee split their army around Chancellorsville?

2. Where would Chamberlain have gone had he become a soldier instead of an academic?

3. Why does Johnston come to Los Angeles when Hancock and Armistead are still there?

4. What position is Lee offered in the US military as the civil war threatens to start?

5. What happens to Colonel Ames during the battle of Fredericksburg?

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