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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On whose eagerness for battle is Lee depending?
(a) Ewell and Early
(b) McLaws and Hood
(c) Longstreet and Rodes
(d) Stuart and Pickett

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

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

4. What is the outcome of Lee's discussion with Longstreet?
(a) The attack will move to the right.
(b) They will attack both the left and the right simultaneously.
(c) The attack will move to the left.
(d) The attack at the center will go ahead.

5. What question continues to occasionally plague Chamberlain?
(a) What is more important, his duty to his men or his duty to his country?
(b) How could one man take up arms against another?
(c) What is this war really about?
(d) What if it is he who is wrong?

6. Which of these is NOT troubling Longstreet before this battle?
(a) He is concerned they will not get needed supplies from Virginia.
(b) He is fighting men he once commanded.
(c) He breaks his vow to the U.S. military.
(d) He believes a defensive strategy is the best option.

7. Which of these countries is NOT represented at breakfast?
(a) Austria
(b) England
(c) France
(d) Prussia

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

9. What is Stuart's initial response when Lee tells him there are officers who want Stuart court-martialed?
(a) He bows his head in shame.
(b) He offers to resign from his post.
(c) He protests his innocence.
(d) He wants to know who those officers are.

10. What news about Gen. Ewell does Venable bring to Lee?
(a) Ewell has been taken sick and can no longer serve.
(b) Ewell and Early have had a disagreement and there is talk of a duel.
(c) Ewell has regained control and is gathering his men together.
(d) Ewell is not in command but is deferring to Early.

11. What does Marshall request of Longstreet?
(a) Talk Lee into an attack on the right.
(b) Talk Lee into a frontal attack.
(c) Ask Lee to court-martial Stuart.
(d) Speak to Lee on Stuart's behalf.

12. What action does Chamberlain take that haunts him afterward?
(a) He leaves Kilrain wounded on the battlefield.
(b) He shoots an enemy officer at point-blank range.
(c) He sends Tom into a gap to fill it.
(d) He sends his men to scavenge ammunition from the dead.

13. What does Chamberlain decide to do when his men run out of ammunition?
(a) Show a white flag and surrender.
(b) Move his men to the right to join other troops.
(c) Ride to Col. Vincent to request more ammunition.
(d) Fix bayonets and charge.

14. Of what had Lee been trying to warn Longstreet?
(a) His habit of speaking his mind will be his political downfall.
(b) He has no cause and he cannot just fight for the soldiers.
(c) He will be demoted if he does not show Lee proper support.
(d) His men will not follow him if he shows a shred of doubt.

15. How does Pickett respond to his orders?
(a) With some hesitation
(b) Soberly and somberly
(c) With excitement, but some doubts
(d) With great enthusiasm

Short Answer Questions

1. The song "Kathleen Mavourneen" remind Armistead of ___________.

2. What does Fremantle think of democracy?

3. Whose absence is once again affecting the Confederate troops?

4. What does Pitzer tell Chamberlain about Meade?

5. What surprises Chamberlain about his interaction with the escaped slave?

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