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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Why does Buford make his headquarters at the Seminary?
(a) The thick walls will protect him from the gunfire.
(b) He will have a good view from the cupola.
(c) He could quickly get extra ammunition to the troops from there.
(d) His orders arre to use a brick building as his headquarters.

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

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

5. Where is Buford's observation point at the start of the battle?
(a) From the base of the white angel
(b) From a high tree
(c) From horseback on top of Cemetery Hill
(d) From the cupola

6. What information does the spy have about Stuart?
(a) He and his cavalry were captured by Union soldiers.
(b) He has been court-martialed.
(c) He had defeated Reynold's troops a few days before.
(d) He's riding in the north, not doing any real damage.

7. Why does Longstreet stay up as late as possible?
(a) To avoid thinking about his children.
(b) To await orders from Lee.
(c) To explain strategy to Fremantle.
(d) To study the battle plans carefully.

8. What news does the spy have for Longstreet?
(a) John Reynolds plans to attack Richmond.
(b) Gettysburg has been invaded.
(c) Confederate troops have been defeated at Harrisburg.
(d) The Union Army is on the move.

9. For what is Pickett notorious?
(a) Finishing last in his class at West Point.
(b) Giving nicknames to the soldiers under his command.
(c) Getting in fights after drinking too much.
(d) Playing practical jokes on his fellow officers.

10. Buford looks for ___________.
(a) Relief from his command
(b) Orders
(c) Additional ammunition
(d) Food for his men

11. How do Lee and Longstreet differ on battle strategy?
(a) Lee wants to lead with the cavalry. Longstreet wants to lead with the infantry.
(b) Lee wants to take the offensive. Longstreet wants to take the defensive.
(c) Lee wants to lead with the infantry. Longstreet wants to lead with the cavalry.
(d) Lee wants to take the defensive. Longstreet wants to take the offensive.

12. What catches Buford's eye in the cemetery?
(a) A tree full of crows.
(b) A white stone angel with arms outstretched.
(c) A gravestone with his family name on it.
(d) A gate that is hanging off its hinges.

13. What is Reynolds bringing with him?
(a) The First and Eleventh Corps
(b) One brigade
(c) A division of infantry
(d) No one. He could not spare the troops

14. From what is the book's title derived?
(a) A speech Chamberlain made at school.
(b) A letter Chamberlain receives from his father.
(c) A line of Edgar Allan Poe's.
(d) A sermon from a visiting preacher.

15. Who is Buford initially facing?
(a) Longstreet
(b) Ewell
(c) Early
(d) Heth

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Reynolds no longer in command?

3. What is the first question Chamberlain has for the mutineers?

4. Why is Fremantle, the Englishman, in Longstreet's camp?

5. What does Corse find out about the young woman Buford has seen in town?

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