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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Lee (May 1864): Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Chamberlain lead a heroic bayonet charge?
(a) Litchfield Commons.
(b) Underground Lieu.
(c) Little Round Top.
(d) Mormon Retreat.

4. Who is the first military commander for the Federal forces?
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Grant.
(c) Davis.
(d) Lincoln.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shot Stonewall Jackson during the Battle of Chancellorsville?

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

3. Whose army is defeated and retreating that Lee watches from his horse?

4. Who denies a military commander's request for leadership after Gettysburg?

5. Who is to move into the Shenandoah Valley to divert part of Lee's army toward the west?

(see the answer key)

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