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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Reynolds no longer in command?
(a) He has been severely injured and is taken to the hospital tent.
(b) His horse gets startled by the cannonfire and runs off with him.
(c) He has been killed.
(d) Gen. Meade has arrived and removed him from command.

2. What does Longstreet think he should do but cannot?
(a) Lead the attack from the front line.
(b) Send scouts for additional ammunition.
(c) Find a place to get some rest.
(d) Resign his position.

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

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

5. Why is Fremantle, the Englishman, in Longstreet's camp?
(a) He is planning to write a book about American customs.
(b) He is hoping to sell new guns to the Confederate army.
(c) He has been hired as a spy.
(d) He is observing for the Queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what had Lee been trying to warn Longstreet?

2. What catches Buford's eye in the cemetery?

3. What does Kilrain say Chamberlain should tell the mutineers?

4. What shadow hangs over Dick Garnett?

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

(see the answer key)

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