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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 5, Longstreet.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What has happened to Heth?
(a) His troops have been captured.
(b) He has been killed.
(c) He has been wounded in the head.
(d) He has been captured by the enemy.

4. Who has still not yet reported to Lee?
(a) Stuart
(b) Longstreet
(c) Kemper
(d) Pickett

5. What is Buford's main concern?
(a) His men will not be able to hold out long enough for help to arrive.
(b) He himself will be killed in the gunfire.
(c) His men will run out of ammunition and have to fight with bayonets.
(d) The ground they are defending is in a poor position.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ewell appear to Lee?

2. Why did the mutineers mutiny?

3. What does Chamberlain think will happen if the South wins?

4. Which of these is NOT troubling Longstreet before this battle?

5. The song "Kathleen Mavourneen" remind Armistead of ___________.

(see the answer key)

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