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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. Grant said he worked hard, but in 1858, he became ill with what?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) A recurring fever.
(d) Lung fever.

2. Did Grant believe that he would be brave enough to fight a duel?
(a) Yes, of course.
(b) Yes, if he had no other choice.
(c) Yes, maybe.
(d) No, never.

3. Grant contrasted General _______ with General Taylor.
(a) Davis.
(b) Morales.
(c) Scott.
(d) Smith.

4. As Grant made the journey, he encountered a Union loyalist, Mr. ___________, who said there were Confederates in the area and that a neighbor, a Southern sympathizer, was certain to report Grant's presence.
(a) De Rosa.
(b) De Vane.
(c) De Long.
(d) De Loche.

5. Grant planned to do a short stint in the military before doing what?
(a) Retiring.
(b) Taking over his family's business.
(c) Going to medical school.
(d) Teaching.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Grant reported in September at the ________________ Barracks in St. Louis.

3. In Chapter 33, Grant set up a supply depot at Perkins' plantation and described a sense of what?

4. Rosecrans wanted to pursue farther than Jonesboro but Grant, believing what, ordered him back?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Twenty-Nine, troops supporting Grant at Corinth were moved out. How did this affect Grant? What might he have thought of this maneuver?

2. Grant asked to be assigned to the cavalry but was assigned to the infantry. What is the difference between these two military groups? Why might he have wanted to be a part of the cavalry?

3. Grant described the use of the trenches at Vicksburg. How were trenches useful? How were they used in later wars?

4. Grant believed that a "bloodless advance to Atlanta, to Vicksburg, or to any other desired point south of Corinth" would have been possible, but the advantage was never pressed. Why not?

5. How did Grant feel about his men? How might he have benefited from this?

6. Prior to the Mexican War, Grant noted that the presence of U.S. soldiers was supposed to provoke an attack by the Mexicans but it did not. Why might they not have attacked?

7. Grant talked about the lack of trust the Indians had in the whites. Why did they not trust the white man?

8. Grant received orders to support the army with the possessions of those favoring the Southern cause. Why was he given these orders.

9. Describe Ulysses S. Grant's parents.

10. How did Grant feel about attending West Point? Why might he have felt this way?

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