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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Armistead get his men's attention when he goes to help Kemper?
(a) Blows a bugle call.
(b) Shoots his gun into the air.
(c) Waves a flag in the air.
(d) Puts his hat on top of his uplifted sword.

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

8. Whose advice has Lee taken regarding strategy?
(a) McLaws
(b) Ewell and Early
(c) Longstreet
(d) Pickett and Hood

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

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

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

12. What strange action does Chamberlain take under gunfire?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He sends Tom to the front line.
(c) He charges on horseback, alone.
(d) He runs to the rear.

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

14. Why does Fremantle say the English have not entered the war?
(a) They will not fight to support slavery.
(b) They believe the North will win in the end.
(c) They don't have the resources.
(d) They are engaged in their own war with France.

15. 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) Not knowing the area well, he's forced to turn his troops around and lead a counter-march.
(d) He cannot focus on the battle because he keeps thinking about his dead children.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pickett respond to his orders?

2. What does Chamberlain think will happen if the South wins?

3. What makes the Confederate troops turn back as they start to retreat?

4. What is Longstreet struggling with throughout the chapter?

5. Why does Longstreet say Lee should put Hill in command instead of Longstreet?

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