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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes Petersburg while the Federal soldiers take Richmond?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Lee.
(d) Grant.

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

3. Where does Grant want to go to return to his wife and children?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Vermont.
(c) New York.
(d) New Jersey.

4. What issue is emotional and political to Confederates regardless of why the Civil War is being waged?
(a) Power struggles.
(b) Emancipation of women.
(c) The control of lands.
(d) Slavery.

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

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

7. Who does Lee visit that lost his will to fight at Gettysburg when he led a disastrous charge?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Pickett.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Meade.

8. Who is the engineer that came up with the novel idea to blow a hole in the Confederate defense?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Meade.
(d) Johnson.

9. What is filled with explosives and blows a hole in the Confederate defense?
(a) Buildings.
(b) Planes.
(c) Tunnels.
(d) Bunkers.

10. What is Mark Twain's profession that introduces him to former Civil War generals?
(a) Marketing agent.
(b) Singer.
(c) Artist.
(d) Publisher.

11. Who engage with Gordon's troops at Saylor's Creek?
(a) The Anarchist Leaders.
(b) The Confederate Troops.
(c) The Union Soldiers.
(d) The Federal Second Corps.

12. What do soldiers do as a sign of respect and by order of General Gordon at the ceremony?
(a) Fix bayonets.
(b) Stand at ease.
(c) Shoot guns.
(d) Throw away muskets.

13. Who is the best officer that Lee has after Jackson dies?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Ewell.

14. After the Federal soldiers cross James River, to whom does the command of Confederate soldiers go?
(a) Meade.
(b) Beauregard.
(c) Grant.
(d) Sorrel.

15. Whose army is starving and expects a shipment of rations for his men to arrive?
(a) Hill.
(b) Grant.
(c) Lee.
(d) Sheridan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes up with a bold plan that must be carried out flawlessly for Lee?

2. What goes nowhere ecause Lincoln wants to preserve the Union?

3. Who receives orders from Sheridan to move his forces forward from Saylor's Creek to Appomattox?

4. Who evacuated Atlanta after attempting to stop Sherman's march to the sea three times?

5. What is the real name of Mark Twain?

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