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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bad vaccine is an entire regiment given after Fredericksburg?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Small pox.
(d) Polio.

2. Who arrives with Longstreet and his troops across the Rappahannock River?
(a) General Chamberlain.
(b) General Lee.
(c) General Washington.
(d) General Davis.

3. Who let's Longstreet and his corps know that he will soon arrive across the Rappahannock to help with defense?
(a) Hancock.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Lee.

4. Who sends word to Lee that the Union army is crossing the river after Fredericksburg?
(a) Washington.
(b) Barton.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) General Stuart.

5. Where is Lee when General Stuart sends him the gift of a new uniform?
(a) In a hospital near Scuttleburg.
(b) Outside of Pittsburg.
(c) In the hills above Fredericksburg.
(d) At Gettysburg.

6. What slows Hancock's men's advancement toward Fredericksburg?
(a) Fences, a canal, and a horrible snow storm.
(b) Fences.
(c) A canal.
(d) Fences and a canal.

7. How does Jane die?
(a) From scarlet fever.
(b) She drowns in a lake.
(c) She dies of hunger.
(d) She is murdered.

8. What does Jackson dream of while recovering from his war wounds?
(a) His parents.
(b) Being back home with his wife and daughter.
(c) His childhood.
(d) Battles.

9. What does Jackson order his troops to do about the gap by the swamp during the battle of Fredericksburg?
(a) Exploit it.
(b) Distract the enemy from it.
(c) Ignore it.
(d) Plug it.

10. How do Jackson and Lee react when they see the Union army stop in its tracks around Chancellorsville?
(a) They are kind and send a letter asking for peace.
(b) They celebrate immediately.
(c) They are confused.
(d) They are relieved.

11. What battle are the Confederate troops heading toward when "Gods and Generals" concludes?
(a) The Battle of Waterloo.
(b) No battle; the war is over.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) A battle with polio.

12. Who does General Sumner speak to about his concern about General Burnside's plan to cross the river?
(a) Hancock.
(b) Lee.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Davis.

13. Why does Hooker decide to have his men stop attacking around Chancellorsville?
(a) He wants to wait for reinforcements.
(b) He knows he is greatly outnumbered.
(c) He has gone insane.
(d) He has lost his nerve.

14. When is Hancock told that Hooker has been wounded during the attack on Chancellorsville?
(a) Just as he is wounded himself.
(b) Just as he loses his hearing from a loud explosion.
(c) Just as his men make a strong defense.
(d) Just as his forces begin to flee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Davis order Lee to send troops after Fredericksburg?

2. Who writes the letter to Lee informing him that his wife has had a baby girl?

3. What natural event seems like the only thing that will stop Jackson's advance at Chancellorsville?

4. What surprised Jackson about the swamp he left alone during the battle of Fredericksburg?

5. What is Jackson worried the Union soldiers will use as an escape route from the battle at Chancellorsville?

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