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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 Chamberlain told to do to the mutineers if they will not fight?
(a) Court-martial them.
(b) Shoot them.
(c) Hang them.
(d) Release them from the army.

2. Who is it the spy quotes to himself as he rides along?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Robert E. Lee
(c) George Washington
(d) Napoleon

3. How long does Buford hope to hold the Rebel soldiers at bay?
(a) Long enough for the infantry to arrive to support his cavalry.
(b) Long enough for Lee to arrive in town.
(c) All day.
(d) More than six hours.

4. What does Lee tell Taylor to do with the blind horse?
(a) Add it to the cavalry's horses.
(b) Return it to its rightful owner.
(c) Release it.
(d) Shoot it.

5. Why is Kilrain only a private?
(a) He had picked a fight with an officer.
(b) He had only joined the army a few weeks earlier.
(c) He had stolen a horse.
(d) He had refused promotion several times.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Gettysburg best described?

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

3. Which of these is the prevailing opinion held by others about General Meade?

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

5. What shadow hangs over Dick Garnett?

(see the answer key)

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