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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. What was not thorough enough according to Hill that caused the failed attack at Bristol?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Planning.
(d) Reconnaissance.

2. Who had pressed the Federal soldiers hard at Chickamauga?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Bragg.

3. What does Lee accept as divine judgment at Gettysburg?
(a) Defeat.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Success.
(d) Ambiguity.

4. Who attempts to resign leadership but is denied after Gettysburg?
(a) Grant.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Lee.
(d) Longfellow.

5. What do the north and south troops NOT share in common?
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Language.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Chamberlain lead a heroic bayonet charge?

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

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

4. When the rain falls, what swells up, ready to flood, making it difficult to cross?

5. What era does Grant think Meade's unorthodox practice represent?

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