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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Fremantle think the war is really about?
(a) The superiority of those of English descent
(b) Slavery
(c) Adaptation vs. rejection of European customs
(d) States' rights

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. What does Longstreet contemplate when he realizes the battle is lost?
(a) Going home and leaving the war behind.
(b) Committing suicide by walking toward the enemy.
(c) Finding Lee and yelling at him.
(d) Changing sides and fighting for the North.

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

11. What news does Tom bring Chamberlain?
(a) The hospital has been shut down.
(b) Meade wants to see him.
(c) The rations can't get through.
(d) Kilrain has died.

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

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

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

15. 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 right.
(c) They will attack both the left and the right simultaneously.
(d) The attack will move to the left.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Sickles done that causes difficulty for the Union?

2. Who do Hood's officers blame for their loss?

3. What does Longstreet think he should do but cannot?

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

5. When the South seceded, why did Lee give up his position in the U.S. military?

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