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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Grant (July 27, 1864) Lee (July 30, 1864) Grant (July 30, 1864): Chapters 28-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shaara employ to illustrate the battles that led to the failure at Bristol?
(a) Irony.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Flashbacks.

2. After the draw battle in the Wilderness, where does Lee race south to set up the defenses?
(a) Spotsylvania.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Shenandoah.

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

4. What are the whizzing bullets that pass Lee?
(a) Grenades.
(b) Torpedo ones.
(c) Minie balls.
(d) Hand bullets.

5. When does Lee bring his army into Virginia successfully?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1866.

Short Answer Questions

1. What landing do the Federal forces' heavy artillery and supply wagons take a route to after Cold Harbor?

2. Whose reinforcements arrive after marching thirty miles in less than two days?

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

4. Who is the commander of the Sixth Corps?

5. Who does Lincoln talk about about the necessity of war being won for the preservation of democracy?

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