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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. Why did the mutineers mutiny?
(a) They are forced to fight in intense heat, and many die of sunstroke.
(b) They believe the war is wrong.
(c) They are no longer permitted alcohol.
(d) The believe their service time is up, yet they are not allowed to return home.

2. Which of these is the prevailing opinion held by others about General Meade?
(a) He is the only hope for the Union army.
(b) He will not be any help.
(c) He knows a great deal about the tactics of Robert E. Lee.
(d) He is the best general either side had ever seen.

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

5. Why does Armistead say Lee will not use a defensive strategy?
(a) He does not think it is a sound strategy.
(b) A defensive strategy has not worked to this time in American warfare.
(c) He is too angry at the Union army to refrain from attacking.
(d) He is too proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chamberlain think the war is about slavery and __________________.

2. Whose troops wear black hats and are known as the Iron Brigade?

3. What information does the spy have about Stuart?

4. Why does Buford make his headquarters at the Seminary?

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

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