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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 is the commander of the Sixth Corps?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Longstreet.
(c) Meade.
(d) Sedgwick.

2. Where is Lee astride his horse overlooking the Potomac River?
(a) A Federal stronghold.
(b) A Confederate stronghold.
(c) The President's mansion.
(d) A high bluff.

3. What practice of the commander do foreign dignitaries mock when they visit his quarters?
(a) Doing yoga.
(b) Smoking tobacco.
(c) Whittling wood.
(d) Painting.

4. Who is the President of the Federal forces?
(a) Davis.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Grant.

5. Who moves his Confederates against Warren's Federal soldiers, who are trying to hold a crossroads on the Orange Turnpike?
(a) Meade.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Ewell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first military commander for the Federal forces?

2. What does Meade unite with his replacement as commander in their mission to win the war as?

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

4. Who is Lee upset with that had not taken the initiative to attack the Federal right flank when the opportunity arose?

5. What era does Grant think Meade's unorthodox practice represent?

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