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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shot Stonewall Jackson during the Battle of Chancellorsville?
(a) The commander.
(b) His own men.
(c) His best friend.
(d) The general.

2. Who does Grant place before the Mule Shoe?
(a) Meade.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Hancock.
(d) Schuster.

3. What book is "The Last Full Measure" in Shaara's set of Civil War books?
(a) 4th.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 1st.

4. What does the Federal commander's work focus on?
(a) Gaining recognition.
(b) Defeating the Confederates.
(c) Stealing from opponents.
(d) Being wealthy.

5. Who crosses at Ely's Ford to the east?
(a) Lee.
(b) Hancock.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Sherman.

6. Whose quarters do foreign dignitaries visit?
(a) Lee.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Grant.
(d) Ewell.

7. Who wonders why God had chosen to take Stonewall Jackson?
(a) Longstreet.
(b) Bragg.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Lee.

8. Who prepares his Confederate cavalry to meet Sheridan's larger force?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Lee.

9. What were defensive maneuvers employed when Meade had pressed on his army at Mine Run?
(a) Burning houses.
(b) Opening caves.
(c) Lowering battelions.
(d) Digging trenches.

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

11. How is Stuart different from Lee in regards to religion?
(a) Stuart is an atheist.
(b) Stuart is less conservative.
(c) Stuart is a Catholic.
(d) Stuart is more conservative.

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

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

14. Who replaces General Meade as the commander of the Federal forces?
(a) Lee.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Lincoln.

15. What has Longstreet failed to do that allows Grant the upper hand when considering Lee's troop size?
(a) Attack supplies.
(b) Leave his troops.
(c) Blow up the enemy.
(d) Join his troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee accept as divine judgment at Gettysburg?

2. What is lacking in the military preparations for both the northern and southern troops in the Wilderness, making it difficult to find each other?

3. Who has given Sheridan permission to attack and eliminate the Confederate cavalry?

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

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

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