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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. How long is the pontoon bridge over the James River that the Federal forces pass over?
(a) 1/4 mile.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 1/2 mile.

2. Who misses Stuart's leadership of the cavalry?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Lee.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Meade.

3. Who is the Major ordered to lead three brigades down the cut, placing Hancock's Federal soldiers into a deep V?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Longstreet.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Lee.

4. Who has given Sheridan permission to attack and eliminate the Confederate cavalry?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Lee.

5. When does the novel begin?
(a) 10 days after the defeat.
(b) 10 days before the defeat.
(c) 20 days before the defeat.
(d) 20 days after the defeat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the north and south troops NOT share in common?

2. Through effective leadership, what were the Federal forces capable of doing according to Lincoln?

3. Who receives word that Sherman has captured Atlanta?

4. Who expresses outright contempt for the foreign dignitaries?

5. Who iscovers that Grant has not retreated and is moving his army toward the North Anna River with the intent to cross and move farther south?

(see the answer key)

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