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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40 through 49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 34, the Union troops captured Port ____________. Grant was accompanied by his thirteen-year-old son.
(a) Gibson.
(b) Smith.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Washington.

2. In Chapter 42, Grant described what?
(a) The troops.
(b) The Confederacy.
(c) The military situation.
(d) His experiences in the war.

3. In Chapter 29, troops supporting Grant at Corinth were moved out and Grant said it put him in the unenviable position of being what?
(a) Outnumbered.
(b) Confused.
(c) On the defensive.
(d) On the offensive.

4. In Chapter 45, Grant was moved to ____________ and established a headquarters there.
(a) Asheville.
(b) Gatlinburg.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Knoxville.

5. Lincoln said that his lack of what was a problem?
(a) Education.
(b) Military expertise.
(c) Political expertise.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Grant born?

2. Grant described the use of the ____________ at this siege.

3. He asked for cavalry but was assigned to what?

4. Grant said that once the city fell, it seemed that long-term occupation would be _____________.

5. In Chapter 12, Grant was promoted to _________________.

(see the answer key)

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