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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chamberlain (April 12, 1865) Lee (April 12, 1865) Grant (April 14, 1865): Chapter 53-55.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who attacks at Bristol Station and fails?
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Buchanan.
(c) Grant.
(d) Hill.

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

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

5. Who is the engineer that came up with the novel idea to blow a hole in the Confederate defense?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Meade.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who engage with Gordon's troops at Saylor's Creek?

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

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

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

5. Who is in charge of the Federal forces?

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