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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 2, Chamberlain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the situation when Reynolds arrives?
(a) Buford's troops are soundly beating the Rebels.
(b) Buford has given up command to a junior officer.
(c) The Rebels have taken over Buford's headquarters.
(d) Buford's troops are holding, but barely.

2. Who is Buford initially facing?
(a) Heth
(b) Longstreet
(c) Ewell
(d) Early

3. Why does Gibbon not want Buford to go into headquarters?
(a) There is a fist fight underway inside.
(b) Howard has a complaint against him.
(c) It's too crowded already.
(d) There is a private discussion going on.

4. What question continues to occasionally plague Chamberlain?
(a) What is more important, his duty to his men or his duty to his country?
(b) What if it is he who is wrong?
(c) What is this war really about?
(d) How could one man take up arms against another?

5. How is Gettysburg best described?
(a) A strategically important port town.
(b) The second largest city in Pennsylvania.
(c) The headquarters of the entire Union army.
(d) A small town in the Pennsylvania countryside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Buford conclude when the Rebel troops pull back?

2. Who arrives at headquarters?

3. What is different about the way Buford has his cavalry soldiers fight?

4. How long does Buford hope to hold the Rebel soldiers at bay?

5. What is described as "that ripply sound that raised the hair, that high thin scream from far away... terrible, inhuman"?

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