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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Tom say about the battle the day before?
(a) Many of the men cannot bring themselves to use the bayonets.
(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) Chamberlain should have given a different command.

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

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

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

7. What prediction does Hancock make about the Rebels?
(a) They will strike again, this time in the middle.
(b) They will retreat before noon.
(c) They will attack the right flank again.
(d) They will concentrate on the left.

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) His wife asked him to.
(c) He was about to be removed from power anyway.
(d) He believed strongly in the cause of the South.

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

10. Why does Longstreet tell Hood not to attack to the right?
(a) He wants Hood to stay where he is as a buffer between Longstreet and the enemy.
(b) He does not want to go against Lee again.
(c) He knows the enemy is reforming for just such an attack.
(d) He thinks an attack on the right will fail.

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

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

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

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

15. How is Pettigrew of the Confederates like Chamberlain of the Union?
(a) They both are 34 years old.
(b) They are both intellectuals.
(c) They both have a brother serving under them.
(d) They are both from Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fremantle hope for after the war is over?

2. What does Chamberlain think about the ground they're holding?

3. What is the outcome of Lee's discussion with Longstreet?

4. Which of these is NOT something Chamberlain thinks about his men?

5. How does the battle go for the Confederates?

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