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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 4, Chamberlain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What continues to frustrate Lee as the battle progresses?
(a) His officers continue to refuse to follow orders.
(b) He is still fighting "blind" without adequate information.
(c) His health is slowing him down and taking away his concentration.
(d) The Union soldiers are inexplicably beating his men.

2. Why does Buford wave to the Rebel officer?
(a) You never know who on the enemy side might be an old friend.
(b) To signal the start of the battle.
(c) To find out what rank the officer is.
(d) To get his attention to discuss a surrender.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Buford hope to hold the Rebel soldiers at bay?

2. How does the battle continue without Reynolds?

3. Who is described, upon his arrival, as looking "like a French king, all curls and feathers?"

4. What is Lee waiting for at the end of the chapter?

5. Why does Lee think there is an opportunity here?

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