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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit Jackson as he is recovering from his war wounds?

2. How much time passes between when Hancock's men advance and when the Twentieth Main's men advance over the same land at Fredericksburg?

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

4. What is Chamberlain's brother promoted to after Fredericksburg?

5. Why does Hooker decide to have his men stop attacking around Chancellorsville?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Hancock and General Sumner think of General Burnside's plans for attack near Fredericksburg?

2. Why does Burnside's attempt at redemption after Fredericksburg fail?

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

4. How does Hancock react when he learns that the men have been ordered to retreat from their attack around Chancellorsville?

5. How does Chamberlain spend the night after he attacks Fredericksburg?

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

7. What is the pattern of the Union troops once the battle at Chancellorsville begins?

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

9. What is Lee's plan, after Chancellorsville, for his troops?

10. How do Lee and Jackson divide their army around Chancellorsville?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one female character in the novel and describe at least 3 things that Shaara is able to do with her character because she is a woman AND at least 3 things he is not able to do with her because she is a woman.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze at least 3 different literary techniques Shaara uses to create tension in "Gods and Generals."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least 3 ways that the violence and/or battle scenes in "Gods and Generals" are gratuitously violent and why such violence takes away from the plot and/or rest of the text.

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