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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Lee get his engineers in response to the heavy rain?
(a) A raincoat.
(b) A tent.
(c) A waterproof house.
(d) A makeshift bridge.

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

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

6. Who wonders why God had chosen to take Stonewall Jackson?
(a) Bragg.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Longstreet.

7. Who expresses his frustration with bad intelligence where nothing that had been thought true the day before proves to be so?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Grant.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Lee.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is the area that Lee expects to confront Grant in?
(a) Shenandoah.
(b) Dolomites.
(c) Pleasant Valley.
(d) The Wilderness.

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

15. What unorthodox practice does Meade have that shows a change of heart in Meade from bitterness to faith?
(a) His choice of troops.
(b) His swearing.
(c) His use of the flag.
(d) His sharing of supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the President of the Federal forces?

2. Of what group will Chamberlain's new assignment as commander be?

3. What does Grant want most from the war?

4. Who is the President of the Confederate forces?

5. Who replaces General Meade as the commander of the Federal forces?

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