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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chamberlain get the mutineers' attention?
(a) Firing a shot in the air
(b) Speaking softly
(c) Waving a flag
(d) Blowing a bugle

2. Who has been given command of the Union Army?
(a) Meade
(b) Grant
(c) Reynolds
(d) Hooker

3. What order does Lee give to Ewell?
(a) Have the cavalry fight dismounted.
(b) Pull back and preserve your troops.
(c) Attack the Union's flank.
(d) Take the hill if at all possible.

4. Who is Armistead's friend in the Union army?
(a) Buford
(b) Chamberlain
(c) Hancock
(d) Reynolds

5. What response do Ewell and Early have to Longstreet's idea of moving the troops in between Meade and Washington?
(a) They think it bears consideration.
(b) They think it would hurt morale.
(c) They think it should be followed immediately.
(d) They think it is the mark of Longstreet's cowardice.

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

7. How is Gettysburg best described?
(a) A small town in the Pennsylvania countryside.
(b) The second largest city in Pennsylvania.
(c) The headquarters of the entire Union army.
(d) A strategically important port town.

8. 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.

9. Who is described, upon his arrival, as looking "like a French king, all curls and feathers?"
(a) Lewis Armistead
(b) Arthur Fremantle
(c) George Pickett
(d) Richard Garnett

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

11. How does Lee handle Ewell's failure?
(a) He tells Ewell he won a victory, though it might have been a greater victory.
(b) He warns Ewell to be more decisive in the future or face court-martial.
(c) He makes no mention of it.
(d) He tells Ewell he is very disappointed in him and relieves him of his command.

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

13. What disagreement does Buford encounter upon arriving at headquarters?
(a) Which general is in command, Howard or Hancock.
(b) What should be done with captured deserters.
(c) Who is responsible for the day's success.
(d) Who is the better man, Lee or Meade.

14. Which of these name is NOT used to refer to General Lee?
(a) The Colonel
(b) Old Granny
(c) Old Man
(d) King of Spades

15. Which of these is NOT a way Lee thinks of Reynolds?
(a) A friend
(b) A dandy
(c) A neat trim man
(d) A gentleman

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lee calm his worries?

2. Why does Lee think there is an opportunity here?

3. Where does Longstreet think Lee and his army should be instead of Chambersburg?

4. What scent directs Buford to headquarters?

5. Once the Union soldiers start retreating, what is Lee's goal?

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