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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brings his Federal soldiers against Hill on the Confederate left flank?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Longstreet.
(c) Burnside.
(d) Meade.

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

3. Who denies a military commander's request for leadership after Gettysburg?
(a) Lee.
(b) Grant.
(c) Longfellow.
(d) Davis.

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

5. What was not thorough enough according to Hill that caused the failed attack at Bristol?
(a) Reconnaissance.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Planning.
(d) Hard work.

6. Who suffers from debilitating arthritis that has rendered one of her arms shriveled and useless?
(a) Mary.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Custis.

7. Where did Chamberlain lead a heroic bayonet charge?
(a) Little Round Top.
(b) Mormon Retreat.
(c) Litchfield Commons.
(d) Underground Lieu.

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

9. What were the northern and southern troops friendly enough to barter?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Women.

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

11. What does Grant want most from the war?
(a) Glory.
(b) Women.
(c) Victory.
(d) Power.

12. When the rain falls, what swells up, ready to flood, making it difficult to cross?
(a) The pontoon.
(b) The bridge.
(c) The lake.
(d) The river.

13. When does the novel begin?
(a) 20 days after the defeat.
(b) 10 days after the defeat.
(c) 20 days before the defeat.
(d) 10 days before the defeat.

14. What is new in the Civil War in comparison to previous wars that had been fought over open country with the occasional use of existing walls for cover?
(a) The use of trench warfare.
(b) The use of tobacco.
(c) The use of minie balls.
(d) The use of army tanks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What troops come out of the woods at Bristol Station and advance upon Chamberlain?

2. Whose quarters do foreign dignitaries visit?

3. Who expresses outright contempt for the foreign dignitaries?

4. Who is the Confederate cavalry commander that delivers messages to General Lee?

5. After the draw battle in the Wilderness, where does Lee race south to set up the defenses?

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