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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who marches to the sea, gaining momentum over Confederates?
(a) Meade.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Grant.
(d) Markus.
2. What landing do the Federal forces' heavy artillery and supply wagons take a route to after Cold Harbor?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Sister Veil.
(c) Shenandoah.
(d) Wyannoke.
3. How long is the pontoon bridge over the James River that the Federal forces pass over?
(a) 1/4 mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 1/2 mile.
4. Who halts his troops while a Confederate officer rides his way under a white flag?
(a) Lee.
(b) Ord.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Grant.
5. Who does Grant send to gain control of the Shenandoah Valley and prevent Lee from moving north?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Sheridan.
(c) Early.
(d) Lee.
6. Who is the best officer that Lee has after Jackson dies?
(a) Ewell.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Stuart.
7. Who orders his generals to continue the ceasefire until he can complete the surrender with Grant?
(a) Lee.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Ord.
(d) Grant.
8. Who will not take the initiative like Stonewall Jackson had for the Confederates?
(a) Ewell.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Meade.
(d) Sorrel.
9. Who receives orders from Sheridan to move his forces forward from Saylor's Creek to Appomattox?
(a) Lee.
(b) Grant.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Chamberlain.
10. The victory at Cold Harbor for the Confederates was the result of a ________________.
(a) Happy accident.
(b) Thunderstorm.
(c) Lot of planning.
(d) Mistake on the Union side.
11. Who is captured by Confederate troops but pulls off a ruse?
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Sherman.
12. Who writes his memoirs at a house in the Blue Ridge Mountains?
(a) Lee.
(b) Grant.
(c) Taylor.
(d) Stuart.
13. Who is killed by Federal soldiers, shot clean through the heart like a deer?
(a) Lee.
(b) Grant.
(c) Hill.
(d) Sheridan.
14. Who iscovers that Grant has not retreated and is moving his army toward the North Anna River with the intent to cross and move farther south?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Meade.
(c) Hancock.
(d) Lee.
15. Who evacuated Atlanta after attempting to stop Sherman's march to the sea three times?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Hood.
(c) Grant.
(d) Lee.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who makes a serious mistake at Cold Harbor?
2. Who reassures Grant that the war is still his call and that Washington politics will not interfere with his decisions?
3. What do Lee's men begin to abandon, revealing their loss of morale?
4. Which officials, consisting of the vice president, assistant secretary of war, and president of the senate, visit Lincoln?
5. Where does Lee work, rebuilding the college?
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