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

2. What strategy does Lee decide is the best course of action?
(a) Attack at the center and split the line in two.
(b) Attack on the right as Longstreet suggested.
(c) Withdraw to higher ground and try to draw the enemy out in the open.
(d) Attack on the left where the enemy has already been weakened.

3. What is Stuart's initial response when Lee tells him there are officers who want Stuart court-martialed?
(a) He bows his head in shame.
(b) He protests his innocence.
(c) He offers to resign from his post.
(d) He wants to know who those officers are.

4. On whose eagerness for battle is Lee depending?
(a) Longstreet and Rodes
(b) Stuart and Pickett
(c) McLaws and Hood
(d) Ewell and Early

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the slave shot?

2. What is the situation when Reynolds arrives?

3. How is Gettysburg best described?

4. What does Longstreet think he should do but cannot?

5. How does Chamberlain get the mutineers' attention?

(see the answer key)

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