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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. How does Chamberlain and his wife travel away from the railroad station?
(a) By boat.
(b) By metro.
(c) By carriage.
(d) By bus.

2. Whose troops does Lee send to attack Washington and thereby reduce Grant's force near Petersburg?
(a) Beauregard.
(b) Early.
(c) Meade.
(d) Sorrel.

3. What does Lee see the Southern resistance in the Civil War as representative of?
(a) A fight for freedom from federal authority.
(b) A fight for control of land.
(c) A fight for equality.
(d) A fight to preserve the union.

4. Who is the commander of the Sixth Corps?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Sedgwick.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Meade.

5. For mutually beneficial transactions, what were northern and southern troops willing to have temporarily?
(a) A violation.
(b) A truce.
(c) A fight.
(d) A celebration.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the northern and southern troops friendly enough to barter?

3. Who does Chamberlain talk to in Northern Virginia about his new assignment as commander?

4. The victory at Cold Harbor for the Confederates was the result of a ________________.

5. Who knows that once engaged with Grant, the man will not back down?

(see the answer key)

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