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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. Who replaces General Meade as the commander of the Federal forces?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Grant.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Lee.

2. Who is to move into the Shenandoah Valley to divert part of Lee's army toward the west?
(a) Grant.
(b) Meade.
(c) Sigel.
(d) Butler.

3. When was the Gettsyburg conflict?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1867.

4. What are the whizzing bullets that pass Lee?
(a) Grenades.
(b) Hand bullets.
(c) Torpedo ones.
(d) Minie balls.

5. Who shot Stonewall Jackson during the Battle of Chancellorsville?
(a) His best friend.
(b) The commander.
(c) The general.
(d) His own men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does the Federal commander send orders to position troops after meeting with Lincoln?

2. What does Meade unite with his replacement as commander in their mission to win the war as?

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

4. What does Lee see the Southern resistance in the Civil War as representative of?

5. Who has an illness that takes him out of fighting on behalf of the Confederates, disappointing Lee?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lee's anger at Longstreet reveal about his character and his belief in God?

3. What does Meade's unorthodox flag reveal about himself and Grant?

4. What is the important lesson that Lincoln learns from Gettsyburg regarding Federal soldiers?

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

6. How does Shaara effectively change the mood of Chapter 1 from despair to some possibility for hope?

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

8. How does Chamberlain's discussion of home with his brother Tom foreshadow Tom's death?

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

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

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