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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Monday, June 29, 1863, Chapter 4, Longstreet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is Pickett notorious?
(a) Getting in fights after drinking too much.
(b) Giving nicknames to the soldiers under his command.
(c) Playing practical jokes on his fellow officers.
(d) Finishing last in his class at West Point.

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

3. Why doesn't Lee believe there are Union cavalry in Gettysburg?
(a) The Union army has lost so many of its horses, it can no longer support a cavalry.
(b) Cavalry travels behind infantry, not in front of it.
(c) Gettysburg is known to be sympathetic with the Southern cause.
(d) He believes Stuart would have told him if the cavalry were arriving there.

4. Why does Sorrel not believe the spy?
(a) Another spy gave different information.
(b) There would have been word earlier if his information were true.
(c) Reports from Stuart contradict the spy's information.
(d) The spy has given them false information in the past.

5. What happens just before dawn when the battle is about to begin?
(a) There is a shower of shooting stars.
(b) The moon sets in a reddish haze.
(c) Lightning strikes a tree on a hill.
(d) A misty rain begins to fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has been given command of the Union Army?

2. What profession had the spy had before that helps him in his current position?

3. Why did the mutineers mutiny?

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

5. Why is Kilrain only a private?

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