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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What difficulty faces Longstreet?
(a) His horse lames himself, and Longstreet has to find another one.
(b) His men lose confidence in his leadership and refuse to fight.
(c) He cannot focus on the battle because he keeps thinking about his dead children.
(d) Not knowing the area well, he's forced to turn his troops around and lead a counter-march.

2. What does Tom say about the battle the day before?
(a) Chamberlain should have given a different command.
(b) He had no time to be afraid during the battle.
(c) The bayonets are very effective -- he saw lots of men killed by them.
(d) Many of the men cannot bring themselves to use the bayonets.

3. What is Armistead's fear at the end?
(a) That Mira Hancock will get receive word that both Armistead and Hancock have been killed.
(b) That he will die without seeing Hancock.
(c) That he will lose honor for not having accomplished his task.
(d) That he will be punished eternally for his part in this war.

4. How does Lee generally handle a battle?
(a) He retreats to headquarters and studies his Bible until the battle is over.
(b) He joins the troops in the field and fights at the front of the troops.
(c) He gives his officers orders then lets them do the fighting.
(d) He stays in contact with the officers and directs them several times a day.

5. Where does Tom get the coffee that he brings to Chamberlain?
(a) From dead soldiers
(b) From captured Rebel soldiers
(c) From Gen. Meade with his compliments
(d) From the regiment's rations

6. How does Lee think one wins victories?
(a) By coming up with clever strategies.
(b) By attacking with courage and with faith.
(c) By knowing one's enemy better than one's friends.
(d) By knowing when to attack and when to retreat.

7. What does Pitzer tell Chamberlain about Meade?
(a) He is the bravest man Pitzer had ever seen.
(b) He is issuing new orders.
(c) He is resigning his position.
(d) He had wanted to retreat.

8. What does Chamberlain think about the ground they're holding?
(a) One side of it is very weak.
(b) It is a very good position and they can hold it for quite a while.
(c) It is an OK position, but with a little power, the Rebels will overtake them.
(d) They would be better off finding another site altogether.

9. What does Fremantle hope for after the war is over?
(a) The destruction of the Northern government.
(b) An English victory over France.
(c) A position in the Confederate government.
(d) The South will rejoin England.

10. What does the Baptist minister say to Chamberlain about slavery?
(a) There is nothing wrong with it provided the master treats the slave well.
(b) Chamberlain cannot understand it because he has never lived with the black man.
(c) It is wrong according to the Bible and every man should fight it.
(d) It is the mark of a doomed society.

11. Which of these is NOT a reason Longstreet gives for why Meade will not attack?
(a) He will have orders from Washington not to attack.
(b) He has just arrived on the field and will not understand the position.
(c) He is General Meade.
(d) He will be reluctant to move without his full force.

12. What does Kilrain think is important in fighting this war?
(a) Equality
(b) Unity
(c) Race
(d) Justice

13. Why is the slave shot?
(a) He assaults an officer.
(b) He tries to help another slave escape.
(c) He runs from the Confederate ranks.
(d) He asks directions from a white woman.

14. From whom does the Confederacy get many of its guns and most of its wagons?
(a) France
(b) England
(c) Confederate factories
(d) The Union army

15. Where is Chamberlain's regiment sent?
(a) Off the battlefield entirely, to rest
(b) To the right end of the line
(c) Back to the left, where they had been
(d) To the center of the line

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the battle go for the Confederates?

2. Why won't Longstreet send support to Pickett when he asks for it?

3. What had Sickles done that causes difficulty for the Union?

4. What does Armistead want Pickett to do about Garnett?

5. What does Fremantle think the war is really about?

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