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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lincoln talk about about the necessity of war being won for the preservation of democracy?
(a) Lee.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Meade.

2. Who may have fought with Grant in Mexico but cannot remember any distinguishing characteristics about Grant?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Lee.

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

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

5. Whose quarters do foreign dignitaries visit?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Lee.
(c) Grant.
(d) Ewell.

6. Who knows that once engaged with Grant, the man will not back down?
(a) Lee.
(b) Longstreet.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Sherman.

7. What do Confederate soldiers enter at Bristol station that Chamberlain notices takes them into a perfect trap?
(a) Fire.
(b) Crossfire.
(c) Eruptions.
(d) Grenades.

8. Why does Chamberlain almost faint in Fannie's arms?
(a) He is so drunk.
(b) He has malaria.
(c) He is so sleepy.
(d) He is so happy.

9. At whom is Lee angry for trying to spread the blame for the defeat at Gettysburg?
(a) Davis.
(b) Longstreet.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Dewey.

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

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

12. Under Lee's leadership, what had become the primary method of fighting the war?
(a) Offense.
(b) Defense.
(c) Fear mongering.
(d) Guerrilla tactics.

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

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

15. Whose army was defeated at Gettysburg?
(a) Grant.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Lee.
(d) Stuart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings his Federal soldiers against Hill on the Confederate left flank?

2. Who crosses at Ely's Ford to the east?

3. Who does Grant place before the Mule Shoe?

4. Where in Virginia does Lee bring his army successfully?

5. Who does Lee go to visit that has become ill but still meets him on his horse on a small road?

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