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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Confederate cavalry commander that delivers messages to General Lee?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Longview.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Stuart.

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

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

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

5. What era does Grant think Meade's unorthodox practice represent?
(a) The Norman conquest.
(b) The British colonists.
(c) The Greek invasion.
(d) The Roman empire.

6. Whose reinforcements arrive after marching thirty miles in less than two days?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Longstreet.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Shaara.

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

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

9. Who dismisses Hill's apology for the failed attack at Bristol?
(a) Margot.
(b) Lee.
(c) Banning.
(d) Sherman.

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

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

12. Who is the first military commander for the Federal forces?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Davis.
(d) Grant.

13. Who attacks at Bristol Station and fails?
(a) Buchanan.
(b) Grant.
(c) Hill.
(d) Chamberlain.

14. When does Lee bring his army into Virginia successfully?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1866.
(d) 1865.

15. Who cross the Rapidan River at the westerly Germanna Ford?
(a) Dewey and Meade.
(b) Sherman and Warren.
(c) Burnside and Fellows.
(d) Longstreet and Stuart.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the rain falls, what swells up, ready to flood, making it difficult to cross?

2. Who has been criticized as losing the Battle of Gettysburg?

3. Who does Chamberlain talk to in Northern Virginia about his new assignment as commander?

4. What does Lee get his engineers in response to the heavy rain?

5. What is the area that Lee expects to confront Grant in?

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