View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 2, Longstreet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chamberlain say this war is different from other wars?
(a) People are fighting for land.
(b) People are fighting for women.
(c) People are fighting for money.
(d) People are fighting for other's freedom.

2. What does Col. Vincent tell Chamberlain he must do?
(a) Send frequent messages to Vincent updating him on the progress of the battle.
(b) Not withdraw under any circumstances.
(c) Hold as long as he can but preserve his men.
(d) Keep his men hidden behind rocks to surprise the enemy.

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

4. What is the difficulty Lee's army has with being in Pennsylvania?
(a) They cannot get messages to Confederacy headquarters.
(b) They are too far from their supply line.
(c) They have no maps of the state.
(d) They are now invaders of enemy territory.

5. How does Ewell appear to Lee?
(a) As a wounded wolf
(b) As a hopping bird
(c) As a scared rabbit
(d) As a caged tiger

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fremantle think the war is really about?

2. What news does Trimble bring to Lee?

3. Why does Armistead say Lee will not use a defensive strategy?

4. What is described as "that ripply sound that raised the hair, that high thin scream from far away... terrible, inhuman"?

5. What does the Baptist minister say to Chamberlain about slavery?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 379 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample