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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Lee (June 15, 1864) Chamberlain (June 18, 1864): Chapters 24-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Longstreet failed to do that allows Grant the upper hand when considering Lee's troop size?
(a) Leave his troops.
(b) Blow up the enemy.
(c) Join his troops.
(d) Attack supplies.

2. Who orders Chamberlain to take out the Confederate artillery?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Lee.
(c) Meade.
(d) Griffin.

3. To what army does Chamberlain return in Northern Virginia in Chapter 3?
(a) Pacific.
(b) Southern.
(c) Midwestern.
(d) Northern.

4. Who sends a communication to Grant, informing him that the enemy is advancing on the Orange Turnpike?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Meade.

5. What has a far weaker central government than the Union?
(a) Confederation.
(b) Federalists.
(c) Liberalists.
(d) Economists.

Short Answer Questions

1. By default, what practice do the Southerners want to maintain in the Civil War?

2. Who has an illness that takes him out of fighting on behalf of the Confederates, disappointing Lee?

3. What is new in the Civil War in comparison to previous wars that had been fought over open country with the occasional use of existing walls for cover?

4. Whose troops does Lee send to attack Washington and thereby reduce Grant's force near Petersburg?

5. What do Confederate soldiers enter at Bristol station that Chamberlain notices takes them into a perfect trap?

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