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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By default, what practice do the Southerners want to maintain in the Civil War?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Primogeniture.
(c) Gender inequality.
(d) Cotton picking.

2. The thick brush, trees, swampy areas, and general tangle of vegetation in what area make it difficult to navigate?
(a) The Bridge.
(b) The Underpass.
(c) The Wilderness.
(d) The Canyon.

3. Who execute a successful attack, driving the Federal soldiers behind their log wall situated along Brock Road?
(a) The Anarchists.
(b) The Confederates.
(c) The Economists.
(d) The Unionists.

4. What did Stonewall Jackson eventually die of?
(a) Broken heart.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Pneumonia.

5. Who has an illness that takes him out of fighting on behalf of the Confederates, disappointing Lee?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Grant.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Ewell.

6. What do Confederate soldiers enter at Bristol station that Chamberlain notices takes them into a perfect trap?
(a) Crossfire.
(b) Eruptions.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Fire.

7. What is the area that Lee expects to confront Grant in?
(a) Shenandoah.
(b) The Wilderness.
(c) Dolomites.
(d) Pleasant Valley.

8. Who is Lee upset with that had not taken the initiative to attack the Federal right flank when the opportunity arose?
(a) Grant.
(b) Ewell.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Meade.

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

10. Who had pressed the Federal soldiers hard at Chickamauga?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Bragg.

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

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

13. Who may have fought with Grant in Mexico but cannot remember any distinguishing characteristics about Grant?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Lee.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Longstreet.

14. Who arrives in Washington to meet the President in Chapter 7?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Grant.
(c) Lee.
(d) Lincoln.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the commander of the Sixth Corps?

2. Of what group will Chamberlain's new assignment as commander be?

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

4. What does Grant want most from the war?

5. How does Chamberlain and his wife travel away from the railroad station?

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