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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Federal commander's work focus on?
(a) Stealing from opponents.
(b) Being wealthy.
(c) Defeating the Confederates.
(d) Gaining recognition.

2. Shaara offers biographies on which of the following leaders?
(a) Lincoln, Davis, and Grant.
(b) Chamberlain, Ewell, and Early.
(c) Grant, Lee, and Chamberlain.
(d) Lee, Stuart, and Meade.

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

4. Who is Lee upset with that had not taken the initiative to attack the Federal right flank when the opportunity arose?
(a) Ewell.
(b) Grant.
(c) Meade.
(d) Sorrel.

5. What is the first name of Grant?
(a) Robert.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Richard.
(d) Mark.

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

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

8. What has Longstreet failed to do that allows Grant the upper hand when considering Lee's troop size?
(a) Blow up the enemy.
(b) Attack supplies.
(c) Leave his troops.
(d) Join his troops.

9. What does Shaara employ to illustrate the battles that led to the failure at Bristol?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Irony.
(c) Flashbacks.
(d) Symbolism.

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

11. For mutually beneficial transactions, what were northern and southern troops willing to have temporarily?
(a) A celebration.
(b) A violation.
(c) A fight.
(d) A truce.

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

13. Where in Virginia does Lee bring his army successfully?
(a) North of Orange.
(b) North of Rapidan River.
(c) South of Rapidan River.
(d) West of Orange.

14. What has a far weaker central government than the Union?
(a) Liberalists.
(b) Federalists.
(c) Confederation.
(d) Economists.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who suggests that a war council would have helped prevent the first failed attempt on attacking Lee's center?

3. Who dismisses Hill's apology for the failed attack at Bristol?

4. Who attacks at Bristol Station and fails?

5. When does the novel begin?

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