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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Longstreet (Mid-Morning, May 6, 1864) Hancock (Late Afternoon, May 6, 1864): Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in Virginia does Lee bring his army successfully?
(a) North of Rapidan River.
(b) North of Orange.
(c) South of Rapidan River.
(d) West of Orange.

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

3. The thick brush, trees, swampy areas, and general tangle of vegetation in what area make it difficult to navigate?
(a) The Bridge.
(b) The Underpass.
(c) The Canyon.
(d) The Wilderness.

4. Who expresses his frustration with bad intelligence where nothing that had been thought true the day before proves to be so?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Grant.

5. Who sends a communication to Grant, informing him that the enemy is advancing on the Orange Turnpike?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Lee.
(d) Meade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shaara employ to illustrate the battles that led to the failure at Bristol?

2. When does the novel begin?

3. What does Grant want most from the war?

4. Who does Lee go to visit that has become ill but still meets him on his horse on a small road?

5. Where did Chamberlain lead a heroic bayonet charge?

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