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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Lee (May 9, 1864) Grant (May 9, 1864): Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who cross the Rapidan River at the westerly Germanna Ford?
(a) Burnside and Fellows.
(b) Dewey and Meade.
(c) Longstreet and Stuart.
(d) Sherman and Warren.

2. From what period do terribly bloody battles follow one another according to Shaara?
(a) 1861-1863.
(b) 1865-1866.
(c) 1871-1879.
(d) 1867-1868.

3. If the South won the Civil War, what might disintegrate as a result?
(a) The Economist group.
(b) The Union.
(c) The Confederacy.
(d) The Federalist group.

4. Who meets Chamberlain at the train station?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) His sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee see the Southern resistance in the Civil War as representative of?

2. Who arrives in Washington to meet the President in Chapter 7?

3. Who suggests that a war council would have helped prevent the first failed attempt on attacking Lee's center?

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

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

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