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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lee immediately tell the good news to when he learns his wife has given birth to a baby girl?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) No one.
(c) Lonstreet.
(d) Davis.

2. 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.

3. Where does Hancock go to warn people that Lee must be up to something during the battle at Chancellorsville?
(a) The telegraph office.
(b) Back to his tent.
(c) The telegram office.
(d) Headquarters.

4. How old is Jane when Jackson befriends her?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hancock assemble his troops to prepare for the battle at Fredericksburg?

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

3. Through what does Jackson see General Howard during the initial attack outside of Chancellorsville?

4. What do Jackson's men do after they hear of his death?

5. What bad vaccine is an entire regiment given after Fredericksburg?

Short Essay Questions

1. What wounds and treatment does Jackson receive during the battle at Chancellorsville?

2. What report does Howard unwisely choose to ignore as he waits outside Chancellorsville?

3. What fills Lee and Longstreet with pride as they see the Union army begin its attack outside of Fredericksburg?

4. What happens to Lee, physically, soon after the battle at Fredericksburg?

5. Why is the information A.P. Hill tells Jackson about the swampland at the battle of Fredericksburg significant?

6. What information does General Stuart share with Lee after the battle at Fredericksburg?

7. Why does the person in command change twice for the Confederates during the battle at Chancellorsville?

8. What does Hooker do when he realizes he has surrounded Lee?

9. What does Hancock come to realize about the battle at Chancellorsville?

10. What does Hancock see when he turns around to look at his men as he reaches the crest of the hill at Fredericksburg?

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