View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The push against Pickett near the intersection of three roads known as ________ starts out confused.
(a) Five Brothers.
(b) Five Forks.
(c) Five Sisters.
(d) Five Soldiers.

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

4. Who is Lee's nephew?
(a) Fitz Lee.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Chamberlain.

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

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

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

8. Where does Lee work, rebuilding the college?
(a) Washington.
(b) Emory.
(c) Spelman.
(d) GWU.

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

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

11. Who orders his generals to continue the ceasefire until he can complete the surrender with Grant?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lee.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Ord.

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

13. What carries ammunition but no food from Richmond?
(a) The truck.
(b) The train.
(c) The tank.
(d) The boat.

14. Who misses Stuart's leadership of the cavalry?
(a) Meade.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Lee.

15. What does Lee try to protect but is pushed back by an all-out assault, forced to retreat across the Appomattox River?
(a) Knox.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Arlington.
(d) Richmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is filled with explosives and blows a hole in the Confederate defense?

2. Who leads his Fifth Corps toward Petersburg along with Meade's forces?

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

4. Who does Lee admire as the irst President of the United States?

5. Who halts his troops while a Confederate officer rides his way under a white flag?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 348 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample