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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. Where is Buford's observation point at the start of the battle?
(a) From horseback on top of Cemetery Hill
(b) From the base of the white angel
(c) From a high tree
(d) From the cupola

2. What has Heth done that he was not supposed to have done?
(a) He has captured the enemy's headquarters.
(b) He has sent his troops to support Longstreet's.
(c) He engages in battle with the enemy.
(d) He has moved his artillery in front of Lee.

3. What does Corse find out about the young woman Buford has seen in town?
(a) She is a widow.
(b) Her husband is a prisoner in a Southern camp.
(c) She is a Southern sympathizer.
(d) Her husband is an undertaker.

4. What shadow hangs over Dick Garnett?
(a) His father loses the family fortune through drink and gambling.
(b) Stonewall Jackson accuses him of cowardice.
(c) Captured once, he gave away important information to the enemy.
(d) His brother is on the side of the enemy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Chamberlain talks to them, how many of the mutineers still refuse to fight?

2. What message does Reynolds send to his commanders?

3. Who is described, upon his arrival, as looking "like a French king, all curls and feathers?"

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

5. What had Heth been distinguished for the in old army?

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