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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives in Washington to meet the President in Chapter 7?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Grant.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Lee.

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

3. Who is to move into the Shenandoah Valley to divert part of Lee's army toward the west?
(a) Butler.
(b) Meade.
(c) Sigel.
(d) Grant.

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

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

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

7. Who does Chamberlain talk to in Northern Virginia about his new assignment as commander?
(a) Grant.
(b) Griffin.
(c) Lee.
(d) Stuart.

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

9. What practice of the commander do foreign dignitaries mock when they visit his quarters?
(a) Smoking tobacco.
(b) Whittling wood.
(c) Painting.
(d) Doing yoga.

10. Through effective leadership, what were the Federal forces capable of doing according to Lincoln?
(a) Concessions.
(b) Losing.
(c) Acquisition of land.
(d) Winning.

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

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

13. Who had pressed the Federal soldiers hard at Chickamauga?
(a) Bragg.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Joyce.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has an illness that takes him out of fighting on behalf of the Confederates, disappointing Lee?

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

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

4. What does Meade unite with his replacement as commander in their mission to win the war as?

5. After the failed assault on Hancock's center, which general is badly wounded?

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