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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in charge of the Federal forces?
(a) Lee.
(b) Davis.
(c) Grant.
(d) Lincoln.

2. What kind of repeating carbines do Sheridan's man have?
(a) 7-shot.
(b) 4-shot.
(c) 9-shot.
(d) 10-shot.

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

4. What does Lee accept as divine judgment at Gettysburg?
(a) Ambiguity.
(b) Defeat.
(c) Success.
(d) Chaos.

5. When the South cannot waste resources, what became important?
(a) Fighting agents.
(b) Building armies.
(c) Finding cover.
(d) Defending honor.

6. Who has been criticized as losing the Battle of Gettysburg?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Lee.
(d) Longstreet.

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

8. Where in Virginia does Lee bring his army successfully?
(a) South of Rapidan River.
(b) North of Orange.
(c) West of Orange.
(d) North of Rapidan River.

9. What is Lee's horse's name?
(a) Guest.
(b) Markus.
(c) Othello.
(d) Traveler.

10. Before what event had the Federal soldiers lost more times than they won?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Gettysburg.
(c) Annapolis.
(d) Malbec.

11. In what season does the Federal commander send orders to position troops after meeting with Lincoln?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

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

13. Where does Chamberlain return by train?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Portland.
(d) New Brunswick.

14. Who is the President of the United States in "The Last Full Measure"?
(a) Carter.
(b) Grant.
(c) Hoover.
(d) Lincoln.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who may have fought with Grant in Mexico but cannot remember any distinguishing characteristics about Grant?

3. Who does Grant place before the Mule Shoe?

4. Who cross the Rapidan River at the westerly Germanna Ford?

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

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