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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. When does the novel begin?
(a) 10 days after the defeat.
(b) 20 days after the defeat.
(c) 10 days before the defeat.
(d) 20 days before the defeat.

2. Who is Lee upset with that had not taken the initiative to attack the Federal right flank when the opportunity arose?
(a) Meade.
(b) Ewell.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Grant.

3. Under Lee's leadership, what had become the primary method of fighting the war?
(a) Offense.
(b) Fear mongering.
(c) Defense.
(d) Guerrilla tactics.

4. What does Lee accept as divine judgment at Gettysburg?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Success.
(c) Defeat.
(d) Ambiguity.

5. What does Shaara employ to illustrate the battles that led to the failure at Bristol?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Irony.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Flashbacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the President of the Federal forces?

2. Who execute a successful attack, driving the Federal soldiers behind their log wall situated along Brock Road?

3. What do the Federal forces NOT have necessarily that is superior to the Confederate forces?

4. Whose reinforcements arrive after marching thirty miles in less than two days?

5. The thick brush, trees, swampy areas, and general tangle of vegetation in what area make it difficult to navigate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lee account for the failure at Bristol through his flashbacks?

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

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

4. How does Shaara reveal who the significant characters of "The Last Full Measure" are?

5. Why is trench warfare looked down upon and why is Lee forced to use this method?

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

7. What does Shaara offer immediately to the reader in the introduction that foreshadows the conflicts to come?

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

9. Why is Lee unable to enjoy Christmas in Richmond?

10. Why does Grant fight in the Civil War?

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