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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. What troops hide behind a railroad cut near the Bristol Station?
(a) Grant corps.
(b) Hill's.
(c) Chamberlain's.
(d) Entire II corps.

2. Whose army was defeated at Gettysburg?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lee.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Chamberlain.

3. Who dismisses Hill's apology for the failed attack at Bristol?
(a) Lee.
(b) Margot.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Banning.

4. When does the novel begin?
(a) 20 days after the defeat.
(b) 10 days before the defeat.
(c) 10 days after the defeat.
(d) 20 days before the defeat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has been criticized as losing the Battle of Gettysburg?

2. Why does Chamberlain almost faint in Fannie's arms?

3. Where did Chamberlain lead a heroic bayonet charge?

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

5. Shaara offers biographies on which of the following leaders?

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