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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. What makes the Confederate troops turn back as they start to retreat?
(a) The sight of Lee, bareheaded, on horseback.
(b) The sight of the flag of Virginia still waving.
(c) Their own cannons pointed at them.
(d) A regiment of Union soldiers that had come around behind them.

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

4. The song "Kathleen Mavourneen" remind Armistead of ___________.
(a) The last time he saw his wife.
(b) The last time he saw Winfield Hancock.
(c) His former homeland, Ireland.
(d) The first girl he ever loved.

5. What does Armistead want Pickett to do about Garnett?
(a) Force him to go to the hospital tent.
(b) Detail an aide to him to help him walk.
(c) Order him not to make the charge.
(d) Give him his own horse to ride.

6. Why does Sykes want to see Chamberlain?
(a) To compliment him on his leadership the day before.
(b) To promote him to a new command.
(c) To make sure he and his men had enough food.
(d) To inquire after his casualties.

7. What does Chamberlain think will happen if the South wins?
(a) America will become two countries.
(b) The North and South will eventually reunify.
(c) The South will eventually overtake the North.
(d) The South will become a British protectorate.

8. When the South seceded, why did Lee give up his position in the U.S. military?
(a) He could not fight against his own people.
(b) He was about to be removed from power anyway.
(c) His wife asked him to.
(d) He believed strongly in the cause of the South.

9. In Chamberlain's mind, what takes away from the perfection of the fight?
(a) Using Tom to plug the hole in the line.
(b) The heavy casualties his regiment suffered.
(c) Kilrain's wound taking him off the field.
(d) Getting wounded in the foot.

10. Whose absence is once again affecting the Confederate troops?
(a) Law
(b) Campbell
(c) Stuart
(d) Meade

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

12. What does Fremantle think of democracy?
(a) It should be brought to England.
(b) It will stand the test of time and spread throughout the world.
(c) It is an experiment that will ultimately fail.
(d) It is a noble idea.

13. What does Longstreet think will be the outcome of this battle?
(a) The surviving soldiers will draw more troops to them with their stories of courage.
(b) The South will come back to win more important battles.
(c) The North will have suffered too many casualties to finish the war.
(d) The South will eventually lose the war.

14. Now that nearly half of his regiment is gone, what does Rice tell Chamberlain to do?
(a) Occupy the big, wooded hill.
(b) Join his men to Sickles' regiment.
(c) Move his remaining men out of harm's way for the time being.
(d) Take care of the wounded.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the battle go for the Confederates?

2. What does Chamberlain decide to do when his men run out of ammunition?

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

4. What does Col. Vincent tell Chamberlain he must do?

5. What difficulty faces Longstreet?

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