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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 3, Chamberlain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the slave shot?
(a) He tries to help another slave escape.
(b) He asks directions from a white woman.
(c) He assaults an officer.
(d) He runs from the Confederate ranks.

2. What order does Lee give to Ewell?
(a) Attack the Union's flank.
(b) Pull back and preserve your troops.
(c) Take the hill if at all possible.
(d) Have the cavalry fight dismounted.

3. How does Chamberlain say this war is different from other wars?
(a) People are fighting for women.
(b) People are fighting for other's freedom.
(c) People are fighting for land.
(d) People are fighting for money.

4. What is Reynolds bringing with him?
(a) One brigade
(b) The First and Eleventh Corps
(c) A division of infantry
(d) No one. He could not spare the troops

5. What is Stuart's initial response when Lee tells him there are officers who want Stuart court-martialed?
(a) He wants to know who those officers are.
(b) He protests his innocence.
(c) He bows his head in shame.
(d) He offers to resign from his post.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unusual about Buford's reaction to Reynolds' arrival?

3. What does Col. Vincent tell Chamberlain he must do?

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

5. What is the first question Chamberlain has for the mutineers?

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