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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. Which of these is NOT something Chamberlain thinks about his men?
(a) They deserve recognition for what they accomplished the day before.
(b) They would be better off under the command of someone else.
(c) Those who remain are the best of the best.
(d) Another battle like the one the day before, and the regiment will be gone.

2. Why did the mutineers mutiny?
(a) They are no longer permitted alcohol.
(b) They believe the war is wrong.
(c) The believe their service time is up, yet they are not allowed to return home.
(d) They are forced to fight in intense heat, and many die of sunstroke.

3. Why is Kilrain only a private?
(a) He had only joined the army a few weeks earlier.
(b) He had picked a fight with an officer.
(c) He had stolen a horse.
(d) He had refused promotion several times.

4. What memory does Chamberlain have of his brother, Tom, in childhood?
(a) Tom getting lost in the winter and finding his way back on his own.
(b) Tom and Lawrence helping their father on the farm.
(c) Tom getting in fights at school over Lawrence's bookishness.
(d) Tom always at Lawrence's heels, trying to be just like him.

5. Whose troops wear black hats and are known as the Iron Brigade?
(a) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's
(b) Robert E. Lee's
(c) James Longstreet's
(d) John Reynolds'

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Longstreet think will be the outcome of this battle?

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

3. What order does Lee give to Ewell?

4. How does Armistead get his men's attention when he goes to help Kemper?

5. Why is the slave shot?

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