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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 2, Buford.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about the way Buford has his cavalry soldiers fight?
(a) They fight in civilian clothes, not in uniform.
(b) They use bows and arrows.
(c) They form a circle and surround the enemy.
(d) They fight on foot, not on horseback.

2. To whom does Buford once more send a message?
(a) Gen. Meade
(b) John Reynolds
(c) Col. Vincent
(d) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

3. Why does Lee think there is an opportunity here?
(a) Meade will be cautious and slow to move.
(b) The Union Army was just defeated at Vicksburg.
(c) The Confederate Army is much stronger than the Union Army.
(d) Lee has just been given several thousand more troops.

4. Who has been given command of the Union Army?
(a) Reynolds
(b) Grant
(c) Meade
(d) Hooker

5. What compliment does Reynolds pay Buford?
(a) He's the best-dressed soldier in the Union army.
(b) He's the best calvary leader in the army.
(c) If he survives, he might make a soldier one day.
(d) He is not a great horseman, but he knows how to choose ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the battle continue without Reynolds?

2. What is the topic of the passionate discussion between Kemper, Fremantle and the others?

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

4. What message does Reynolds send to his commanders?

5. Why is Fremantle, the Englishman, in Longstreet's camp?

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