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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. When the rain falls, what swells up, ready to flood, making it difficult to cross?
(a) The bridge.
(b) The lake.
(c) The pontoon.
(d) The river.

2. What did Stonewall Jackson eventually die of?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Broken heart.
(c) Diarrhea.
(d) Yellow fever.

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

4. Whose army is defeated and retreating that Lee watches from his horse?
(a) Stuart's forces.
(b) His army.
(c) Grant's army.
(d) Chamberlain's forces.

5. What is the first name of Grant?
(a) Richard.
(b) Robert.
(c) Mark.
(d) Ulysses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chamberlain and his wife travel away from the railroad station?

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

3. What troops come out of the woods at Bristol Station and advance upon Chamberlain?

4. Where is Lee astride his horse overlooking the Potomac River?

5. By default, what practice do the Southerners want to maintain in the Civil War?

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