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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 13, Grant attended ________________ and said he didn't understand why people enjoyed the sport.
(a) A bullfight.
(b) Boxing.
(c) A cockfight.
(d) A dogfight.

2. The move was prompted, in part, by the proximity of whom?
(a) So many wealthy families.
(b) So many other experienced commanders.
(c) So many Confederate troops.
(d) So many military families.

3. How does Grant feel about his involvement in the Mexican War?
(a) He regretted it.
(b) He relished in it.
(c) He does not remember much of it.
(d) He remembers it fondly.

4. Grant was impressed with whom at West Point?
(a) General Peterson.
(b) General Jackson.
(c) General Davies.
(d) General Scott.

5. A letter dated _____________, 1864, from Grant to General Meade, indicated Grant's desire that Meade determine when he should withdraw troops from a deadly situation and when to press.
(a) April 3.
(b) June 3.
(c) August 3.
(d) September 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. A change in what alerted Grant that there was likely to be a change in tactics, a fact that was soon proven true?

2. Grant built a house and sought to make a living from what?

3. Grant had another meeting with Lincoln and when Grant outlined his plan and reason for advancing, Lincoln said that he understood and compared it to a saying he'd heard, "If a man can't skin he must hold ___________ while somebody else does".

4. When Lee's forces were discovered, what did Grant learn?

5. In Chapter 21, Grant described the assault and capture of ____________.

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