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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Stonewall Jackson eventually die of?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Broken heart.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Diarrhea.

2. What era does Grant think Meade's unorthodox practice represent?
(a) The Norman conquest.
(b) The Roman empire.
(c) The British colonists.
(d) The Greek invasion.

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

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

5. At whom is Lee angry for trying to spread the blame for the defeat at Gettysburg?
(a) Davis.
(b) Dewey.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Stuart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the area that Lee expects to confront Grant in?

2. Who wonders why God had chosen to take Stonewall Jackson?

3. Who is the Major ordered to lead three brigades down the cut, placing Hancock's Federal soldiers into a deep V?

4. What was not thorough enough according to Hill that caused the failed attack at Bristol?

5. Who is the Confederate cavalry commander that delivers messages to General Lee?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shaara describe Chamberlain's return home to Maine?

2. What is the cliche surrounding the Southern reason for fighting in the Civil War and how does Lee oppose this?

3. When Hancock says, "The soldiers have seen something new, a new horror, a new way to die. They have seen the face of hell," what does he imply about fire and fighting?

4. What is the supreme fear to Lincoln if the South wins the Civil War?

5. How does Shaara powerfully build up to Stuart's death, reinforcing a good versus evil theme?

6. How does the fight in the Wilderness initially go from in the favor of the Confederates to defeat?

7. Why does Lee want to resign?

8. How does Lee take Longstreet's view of Grant into his planning for the war?

9. Why is fighting in the wilderness difficult for both Grant and Lee?

10. Why is it hard to see the enemy in the wilderness that becomes apparent on the first full day of battle?

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