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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chamberlain think the war is about slavery and __________________.
(a) States' rights
(b) The right to bear arms
(c) The North buying up Southern businesses.
(d) The South recreating European nobility.

2. What misconception, in Longstreet's opinion, does Fremantle have of Lee?
(a) He moves too quickly.
(b) He is brilliant at getting men to follow him.
(c) He is as good a leader as any Englishman.
(d) He is a devious tactician.

3. What is different about the way Buford has his cavalry soldiers fight?
(a) They use bows and arrows.
(b) They fight on foot, not on horseback.
(c) They fight in civilian clothes, not in uniform.
(d) They form a circle and surround the enemy.

4. What does Longstreet want Lee to do when Stuart finally returns?
(a) Take him out of the cavalry and put him in the infantry.
(b) Demote him to private.
(c) Court-martial him.
(d) Reproach him.

5. What does Tom say about the battle the day before?
(a) The bayonets are very effective -- he saw lots of men killed by them.
(b) He had no time to be afraid during the battle.
(c) Many of the men cannot bring themselves to use the bayonets.
(d) Chamberlain should have given a different command.

Short Answer Questions

1. What order does Lee give to Ewell?

2. Whose troops wear black hats and are known as the Iron Brigade?

3. Why is Reynolds no longer in command?

4. From what is the book's title derived?

5. What does Marshall request of Longstreet?

(see the answer key)

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