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

2. What is the first question Chamberlain has for the mutineers?
(a) How many of you will fight?
(b) Where are you from?
(c) When did you last eat?
(d) Why did you mutiny?

3. Who is described, upon his arrival, as looking "like a French king, all curls and feathers?"
(a) Lewis Armistead
(b) George Pickett
(c) Richard Garnett
(d) Arthur Fremantle

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

5. Whose troops wear black hats and are known as the Iron Brigade?
(a) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's
(b) Robert E. Lee's
(c) James Longstreet's
(d) John Reynolds'

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these does Lee think will NOT be an issue with Meade?

2. Who is Armistead's friend in the Union army?

3. What message does Reynolds send to his commanders?

4. What does Joseph Bucklin bring to Chamberlain?

5. What is Buford's main concern?

(see the answer key)

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