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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Lee (October-December 1863): Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shaara offers biographies on which of the following leaders?
(a) Grant, Lee, and Chamberlain.
(b) Lincoln, Davis, and Grant.
(c) Lee, Stuart, and Meade.
(d) Chamberlain, Ewell, and Early.

2. Who is in charge of the Confederate forces?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lee.
(c) Davis.
(d) Lincoln.

3. Who wonders why God had chosen to take Stonewall Jackson?
(a) Lee.
(b) Bragg.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Sherman.

4. What does Shaara employ to illustrate the battles that led to the failure at Bristol?
(a) Flashbacks.
(b) Irony.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Symbolism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lee's horse's name?

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

3. Who had pressed the Federal soldiers hard at Chickamauga?

4. At whom is Lee angry for trying to spread the blame for the defeat at Gettysburg?

5. When the South cannot waste resources, what became important?

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