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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Longstreet struggling with throughout the chapter?
(a) Fighting a war that is about slavery.
(b) His disagreement with Lee and whether or not to just follow orders.
(c) The loss of Stonewall Jackson.
(d) Losing faith in the abilities of his men.

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

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

5. Who do Hood's officers blame for their loss?
(a) Longstreet
(b) Hood
(c) Lee
(d) Pickett

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

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

8. What strategy does Lee decide is the best course of action?
(a) Attack at the center and split the line in two.
(b) Attack on the left where the enemy has already been weakened.
(c) Withdraw to higher ground and try to draw the enemy out in the open.
(d) Attack on the right as Longstreet suggested.

9. What does Col. Vincent tell Chamberlain he must do?
(a) Keep his men hidden behind rocks to surprise the enemy.
(b) Hold as long as he can but preserve his men.
(c) Send frequent messages to Vincent updating him on the progress of the battle.
(d) Not withdraw under any circumstances.

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

11. 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.

12. What concerns Armistead about this battle?
(a) He may not survive to see his wife again.
(b) He believes Lee was wrong to attack the middle.
(c) He is too old to fight anymore.
(d) He may have to face his old friend, Hancock.

13. Which of these is NOT a reason Longstreet gives for advising against a frontal assault?
(a) An attack would be uphill over open ground.
(b) His men will refuse.
(c) The enemy is well entrenched.
(d) The enemy has plenty of artillery.

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

15. What surprises Chamberlain about his interaction with the escaped slave?
(a) His own feelings of revulsion
(b) The similarity between them
(c) The instant feeling of brotherhood
(d) The slave's articulateness

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pitzer tell Chamberlain about Meade?

2. What is Stuart's initial response when Lee tells him there are officers who want Stuart court-martialed?

3. How does the battle go for the Confederates?

4. What does Chamberlain hope to get for his men very soon?

5. What difficulty faces Longstreet?

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