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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Chamberlain talks to them, how many of the mutineers still refuse to fight?
(a) 6
(b) 10
(c) 114
(d) 120

2. Chamberlain think the war is about slavery and __________________.
(a) The right to bear arms
(b) The South recreating European nobility.
(c) States' rights
(d) The North buying up Southern businesses.

3. Why does Buford pause when writing for help?
(a) He has an argument with his superior and does not want to apologize.
(b) He has to think up a code in case the enemy got hold of the message.
(c) He does not want his superiors to think he cannot handle the battle.
(d) He has written for help before and it has never come.

4. What is the topic of the passionate discussion between Kemper, Fremantle and the others?
(a) The rights of blacks.
(b) The duty of the British government.
(c) The cause of the war.
(d) America's inferiority to Britain.

5. What feat does Buford accomplish at Thorofare Gap?
(a) His 3000 men hold off Longstreet's 25,000 for six hours.
(b) He creates a rockslide, taking out an entire Rebel division.
(c) His men capture the most Rebel prisoners in the war so far.
(d) He beats a Rebel officer in hand-to-hand combat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Lee believe there are Union cavalry in Gettysburg?

2. What is Lee waiting for at the end of the chapter?

3. What does Kilrain say Chamberlain should tell the mutineers?

4. What does Longstreet want Lee to do now that the Union army is retreating?

5. How does Chamberlain get the mutineers' attention?

(see the answer key)

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