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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50 through.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 19, Grant was named _________________ and said he was surprised by the promotion.
(a) Brigadier-General.
(b) Colonel.
(c) General.
(d) Lieutenant-Colonel.

2. Grant was sent to Ironton, Missouri, and eventually on to Jefferson City. While there, he met who for the first time?
(a) Colonel Mustard.
(b) Colonel Jefferson B. Davis.
(c) Colonel Robert E. Lee.
(d) Colonel Thomas Jefferson.

3. In Chapter 56, Grant faced the problem of what and was forced to move a flank to cut off Lee's movement to Richmond?
(a) A rocky area.
(b) A dangerous area.
(c) A swampy area.
(d) A mountainous area.

4. On May 22, Grant issued orders that scouts be sent out in search of what?
(a) Other Union troops.
(b) The Confederate forces.
(c) Food.
(d) Shelter.

5. The ladies had, until Grant received communiqués from his commanders and read them in front of the ladies, believed what?
(a) The Confederates had surrendered.
(b) The Southern armies were beating the Union and were on the verge of winning the war.
(c) The Northern armies were beating the Confederates and were on the verge of winning the war.
(d) The two armies had come to a truce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant described the complicated maneuvering it took to establish a siege of ______________.

2. The move was prompted, in part, by the proximity of whom?

3. In Chapter 26, the Union troops advanced on _____________, Mississippi, and soon reported that the city had been captured.

4. Grant said General Rosecrans, who had not been successful at Corinth, did what in his advance again upon Corinth?

5. The march began with a supply of _________ days' rations, a supply of ammunition and a herd of cattle being driven along with the army.

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