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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Colonel Ames during the battle of Fredericksburg?
(a) He is exposed as a traitor.
(b) He is called away to take command of another unit.
(c) He runs away in terror.
(d) He is killed.

2. What major icon is Hancock hoping to storm during the battle of Fredericksburg?
(a) A church.
(b) A mountain top.
(c) A stone wall.
(d) A college campus.

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

4. Through what does Jackson see General Howard during the initial attack outside of Chancellorsville?
(a) An eyescope.
(b) Mud.
(c) The fog.
(d) Heavy, heavy rain.

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

6. What do the Union men initially think they will encounter around Chancellorsville?
(a) A new kind of cannon they have only read about.
(b) Only a batallion or two.
(c) Just skirmishers.
(d) Lee's entire army.

7. Where does Jackson take up headquarters after Fredericksburg?
(a) The home of John Corbin.
(b) The city library.
(c) The city hall.
(d) An abandoned farm house that used to belong to John Adams.

8. After Lee leaves Virginia after Fredericksburg, how much of the army is left to defend the river?
(a) Less than one-quarter.
(b) Less than half.
(c) Nearly all; he only took one unit.
(d) Less than one-third.

9. Who shares Sumner's concern about General Burnside's plan to cross the river.
(a) Lee.
(b) Davis.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Nearly everyone.

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

11. What kinds of men are killed as the Union army tries to set up bridges to cross the Rappahannock River?
(a) The slaves being forced to build the bridge.
(b) The engineers.
(c) Men on horseback.
(d) The bodyguards.

12. What role in the battle of Chancellorsville do Hancock's men play once Hooker is wounded?
(a) Rear guard.
(b) Front-line defense.
(c) Rear attack.
(d) Front-line attack.

13. How many divisions does Lee leave behind to defend the hills overlooking Fredericksburg when he leaves toward Chancellorsville?
(a) Only one.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

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

15. What does Howard order his men to do for defense outside of Chancellorsville?
(a) Build walls.
(b) Dig trenches.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Set up the cannons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the final forces in Fredericksburg finally do to Lee's remaining small force there?

2. Why does the Union army retreat and create a defensive line around Chancellorsville?

3. What happens to the war in VIrginia after the battle at Fredericksburg?

4. What does Jackson do before telling his troops to charge outside of Chancellorsville?

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

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