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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the Major ordered to lead three brigades down the cut, placing Hancock's Federal soldiers into a deep V?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Longstreet.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Lee.

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

5. Who is the commander of the Sixth Corps?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Meade.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Sedgwick.

6. How many miles does Sheridan's cavalry stretch?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

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

8. Whose army is defeated and retreating that Lee watches from his horse?
(a) His army.
(b) Grant's army.
(c) Chamberlain's forces.
(d) Stuart's forces.

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

10. Who attempts to resign leadership but is denied after Gettysburg?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Lee.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Grant.

11. If the South won the Civil War, what might disintegrate as a result?
(a) The Economist group.
(b) The Union.
(c) The Confederacy.
(d) The Federalist group.

12. Who moves his Confederates against Warren's Federal soldiers, who are trying to hold a crossroads on the Orange Turnpike?
(a) Meade.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Ewell.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cliche regarding the Southern fight in the Civil War?

2. To what army does Chamberlain return in Northern Virginia in Chapter 3?

3. What was not thorough enough according to Hill that caused the failed attack at Bristol?

4. Who is the President of the Confederate forces?

5. What color is Lee's horse?

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