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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lee see the Southern resistance in the Civil War as representative of?
(a) A fight for control of land.
(b) A fight to preserve the union.
(c) A fight for freedom from federal authority.
(d) A fight for equality.

3. Who suggests that a war council would have helped prevent the first failed attempt on attacking Lee's center?
(a) Warren.
(b) Meade.
(c) Sedgwick.
(d) Sorrel.

4. To what army does Chamberlain return in Northern Virginia in Chapter 3?
(a) Pacific.
(b) Midwestern.
(c) Northern.
(d) Southern.

5. What do the north and south troops NOT share in common?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Cultures.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Language.

6. What troops hide behind a railroad cut near the Bristol Station?
(a) Entire II corps.
(b) Chamberlain's.
(c) Grant corps.
(d) Hill's.

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

8. What is the cliche regarding the Southern fight in the Civil War?
(a) It was for states' right.
(b) It was for autonomy.
(c) It was for preservation of the union.
(d) It was to dominate women.

9. After the failed assault on Hancock's center, which general is badly wounded?
(a) Grant.
(b) Longstreet.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Meade.

10. What unorthodox practice does Meade have that shows a change of heart in Meade from bitterness to faith?
(a) His sharing of supplies.
(b) His choice of troops.
(c) His use of the flag.
(d) His swearing.

11. Of what group will Chamberlain's new assignment as commander be?
(a) First Brigade.
(b) Fourth Brigade.
(c) Second Brigade.
(d) Third Brigade.

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

13. After the draw battle in the Wilderness, where does Lee race south to set up the defenses?
(a) Spotsylvania.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Shenandoah.
(d) Pennsylvania.

14. What troops come out of the woods at Bristol Station and advance upon Chamberlain?
(a) Renegade.
(b) Confederate.
(c) Unified.
(d) Federal.

15. Who expresses outright contempt for the foreign dignitaries?
(a) Meade.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose quarters do foreign dignitaries visit?

2. What kind of repeating carbines do Sheridan's man have?

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

4. When the South cannot waste resources, what became important?

5. When does the novel begin?

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