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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the internal conflict with which Lee struggles?
(a) He needs food for his men, but does not like to take it from civilians.
(b) He is certain that battle will mean death for many of his soldiers.
(c) He does not believe he is the right man to lead this army.
(d) He is attacking land he had once sworn to defend.

2. Who is it the spy quotes to himself as he rides along?
(a) Napoleon
(b) Robert E. Lee
(c) George Washington
(d) Shakespeare

3. How does the battle continue without Reynolds?
(a) The troops follow his orders, though he's not there to command.
(b) The Rebels start to gain control.
(c) The Union soldiers quickly begin to fall apart.
(d) The remaining commanders begin to argue about strategy.

4. What scent directs Buford to headquarters?
(a) Cigar smoke
(b) Cooking meat
(c) Burning wood
(d) Fresh-dug earth

5. What is described as "that ripply sound that raised the hair, that high thin scream from far away... terrible, inhuman"?
(a) The scream of wounded horses
(b) The scream of wounded men
(c) The scream of incoming cannon fire
(d) The Rebel yell

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Gettysburg best described?

2. What news does Trimble bring to Lee?

3. What is "The Cause" for Longstreet?

4. Why is Reynolds no longer in command?

5. What has Heth done that he was not supposed to have done?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 7, Buford," what do you think it symbolizes when Buford cannot find the white angel but sees instead the Rebel fires burning?

2. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee," why does Lee think "God has decreed a fight here?"

3. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 6, Lee," why is Trimble upset with Ewell?

4. How do Longstreet and Lee differ in their strategies?

5. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 1, Lee," what does Lee have to feel guilty about?

6. Once the enemy starts running, in "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee," what does Longstreet suggest? How does Lee respond?

7. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 2, Buford," describe how the battle starts.

8. In "Monday, June 29, 1863, Chapter 4, Longstreet," what is the difference between Fremantle's view of the war and Kemper's view of the war?

9. Do you think Reynolds is a good commander? Why or why not?

10. In "Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 2, Buford," why does Buford go from grinning and a sense of confidence to concern and weariness?

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