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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who surrenders to the Federal soldiers?
(a) Grant and soldiers.
(b) Sorrel and soldiers.
(c) McNamara and soldiers.
(d) Confederate soldiers.

2. Whose troops does Lee send to attack Washington and thereby reduce Grant's force near Petersburg?
(a) Beauregard.
(b) Meade.
(c) Early.
(d) Sorrel.

3. Who has taken and holds control of the Shenandoah Valley, allowing Lee's army to move westward into the Valley?
(a) Early.
(b) Meade.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Sheridan.

4. The Civil War was about the states' right to _____ from the Union.
(a) Join.
(b) Expand.
(c) Diminish.
(d) Secede.

5. Who leads his Fifth Corps toward Petersburg along with Meade's forces?
(a) Longstreet.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Gordon.
(d) McNamara.

6. What is the new technology in 1913 that Chamberlain experiences that is so different from the Civil War?
(a) An automobile.
(b) A train.
(c) A plane.
(d) A computer.

7. What is the surrender ceremony full of?
(a) Shooting.
(b) Violence.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Celebration.

8. Who makes a serious mistake at Cold Harbor?
(a) Ewell.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Lee.
(d) Grant.

9. What does Lee's forces lack, forcing the Confederates into a defensive position?
(a) Strength.
(b) Mobility.
(c) Agility.
(d) Power.

10. Who appeals to Davis with an idea to bring in new recruits from Georgia?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Lee.
(c) Meade.
(d) Stuart.

11. What belonging to Lee is greatly outnumbered by Confederate forces?
(a) His tanks.
(b) His supplies.
(c) His cavalry.
(d) His friends.

12. Who will not take the initiative like Stonewall Jackson had for the Confederates?
(a) Meade.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Ewell.
(d) Stuart.

13. What goes nowhere ecause Lincoln wants to preserve the Union?
(a) Sharing of war spoils.
(b) Victory announcement.
(c) Peace negotiations.
(d) Division of land.

14. What tremendous advantage does the Union forces have over the Confederate ones in delivering supplies?
(a) Access to land routes.
(b) Control of the roads.
(c) Access to water routes.
(d) Control of air strips.

15. Grant rides out to Sheridan's position south of ___________, anticipating that Lee will try to go to Danville.
(a) Richmond.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Petersburg.
(d) Charlotte.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lee visit that lost his will to fight at Gettysburg when he led a disastrous charge?

2. What does Grant enjoy eating with his soldiers?

3. What does Lee try to protect but is pushed back by an all-out assault, forced to retreat across the Appomattox River?

4. Who is the best officer that Lee has after Jackson dies?

5. Who orders Chamberlain to take out the Confederate artillery?

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