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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Grant (May 4, 1864) Lee (May 5, 1864): Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has been criticized as losing the Battle of Gettysburg?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Lee.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Sherman.

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

3. What is the cliche regarding the Southern fight in the Civil War?
(a) It was for autonomy.
(b) It was for states' right.
(c) It was for preservation of the union.
(d) It was to dominate women.

4. Where does Chamberlain return by train?
(a) New Brunswick.
(b) Portland.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Chamberlain lead a heroic bayonet charge?

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

3. What do the north and south troops NOT share in common?

4. What unorthodox practice does Meade have that shows a change of heart in Meade from bitterness to faith?

5. What does Shaara employ to illustrate the battles that led to the failure at Bristol?

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