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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Kilrain?
(a) Chamberlain's enemy.
(b) One of Chamberlain's sargeants.
(c) Chamberlain's brother.
(d) Chamberlain's personal assistant.

2. How are Jackson's soldiers described during the Battle of Bull Run?
(a) Fleeing like "the true cowards that they are."
(b) Running into battle "like moths toward a flame."
(c) Standing like a "stone wall."
(d) Standing "strong" but falling "like God's children."

3. What is Chamberlain's job at Bowdoin College?
(a) Vice President.
(b) Professor.
(c) He is just a student there.
(d) President.

4. What is the name of the regiment Chamberlain joins?
(a) The Third Battalion.
(b) The Fifteenth Michigan Marines.
(c) The Twentysecond Airborne.
(d) The Twentieth Maine.

5. Why must Hancock wait so long for orders?
(a) So he knows how much money he can leave his wife before he goes.
(b) So that he can know which side he is supposed to fight for.
(c) Because he is a spy now so he needs all the information he can get.
(d) Because he does not know what to do or where to go until they arrive.

6. How do the Union troops under McClellan withdraw from their attack of Richmond?
(a) By tank.
(b) By sea.
(c) By horseback.
(d) In the middle of the night.

7. How are Lee's hands injured?
(a) In a horse accident.
(b) He has really bad arthritis.
(c) He is shot.
(d) They suffer from frostbite because he refuses to leave his troops.

8. Who delivers the request from the Secretary of War to Lee?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) J.E.B. Stuart.
(d) Washington.

9. What does Jackson do with his wife before he rides off to war with the Corps of Cadets?
(a) Eat a nice dinner out.
(b) Go on a quick vacation.
(c) Pray.
(d) Flee.

10. What event leaves Lee in charge of his family estate?
(a) The death of his father-in-law.
(b) The death of his mother.
(c) The death of his mother-in-law.
(d) The death of his father.

11. On what date does the presidential election take place?
(a) November 6, 1886.
(b) November 6, 1900.
(c) November 6, 1860.
(d) November 6, 1845.

12. Who is Sam Houston?
(a) The mayor of Los Angeles.
(b) The mayor of the town that will later be called Houston.
(c) The governor of California.
(d) The governor of Texas.

13. Why does Johnston come to Los Angeles when Hancock and Armistead are still there?
(a) To move permanently.
(b) To try to convince them to join his side.
(c) To try to make it in the movie industry before war breaks out.
(d) To get as far away from the fighting as possible.

14. What command does the governor of Virginia give Lee when they first meet?
(a) He makes him his own personal assistant.
(b) Command of Virginia's provisional army.
(c) Command of Richmond's provisional army.
(d) Command of Arlington's provisional army.

15. Who is in charge of the U.S. forces when Texas secedes?
(a) General Washington.
(b) No one at first because things are very chaotic.
(c) General Winfield Scott.
(d) General Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does "Gods and Generals" begin?

2. Who is General George McClellan?

3. How could McClellan's military strategy best be defined?

4. What happens to McClellan after he withdraws from Richmond?

5. What does Johnston cut off to Richmond during the first battle for control over the city?

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