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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 does Chamberlain think about the ground they're holding?
(a) It is an OK position, but with a little power, the Rebels will overtake them.
(b) They would be better off finding another site altogether.
(c) One side of it is very weak.
(d) It is a very good position and they can hold it for quite a while.

2. On whose eagerness for battle is Lee depending?
(a) Longstreet and Rodes
(b) McLaws and Hood
(c) Ewell and Early
(d) Stuart and Pickett

3. 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.

4. What misconception, in Longstreet's opinion, does Fremantle have of Lee?
(a) He moves too quickly.
(b) He is brilliant at getting men to follow him.
(c) He is as good a leader as any Englishman.
(d) He is a devious tactician.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lee generally handle a battle?

2. Why won't Longstreet send support to Pickett when he asks for it?

3. Whose advice has Lee taken regarding strategy?

4. Why does Longstreet tell Hood not to attack to the right?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 6, Lee," why does Lee think the choice of Ewell as a commander of a corps is a mistake?

2. In "Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 3, Longstreet," what does Hood want Longstreet to give him permission to do? What is Longstreet's response? What do you think the outcome of that decision will be?

3. In "Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 2, Chamberlain," what does Kilrain think the war is about?

4. In "Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 5, Longstreet," how do Longstreet and Lee differ on their views of the day's battle?

5. In "Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 5, Longstreet," Longstreet several times has the urge to talk to Lee about his tactics, and about Stuart, and yet he suppresses the urge. Why? Do you think that is the right thing to do?

6. In "Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 1, Chamberlain," what is ironic about where Chamberlain and his men are being sent?

7. In "Friday, July 3,1863, Chapter 5, Longstreet," why does Longstreet think he can no longer lead? How does Lee respond?

8. Meade has been referred to many times throughout the novel, and is referred to again in "Friday, July 3,1863, Chapter 3, Chamberlain." What is your impression of him? Support your answer.

9. In "Friday, July 3, 1863, Chapter 1, Chamberlain," what does Tom say about the bayonets?

10. In "Thursday, July 2, 1863, The Second Day, Chapter 1, Fremantle," how is Hood described? What does Fremantle try to sense about Hood when he meets him?

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