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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 is in charge of the Confederate forces?
(a) Lee.
(b) Davis.
(c) Grant.
(d) Lincoln.

2. What do the Federal forces NOT have necessarily that is superior to the Confederate forces?
(a) Horses.
(b) Numbers of men.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Good looks.

3. What is the cliche regarding the Southern fight in the Civil War?
(a) It was for autonomy.
(b) It was to dominate women.
(c) It was for states' right.
(d) It was for preservation of the union.

4. From what period do terribly bloody battles follow one another according to Shaara?
(a) 1861-1863.
(b) 1867-1868.
(c) 1871-1879.
(d) 1865-1866.

5. After the failed assault on Hancock's center, which general is badly wounded?
(a) Longstreet.
(b) Grant.
(c) Meade.
(d) Sorrel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Lee upset with that had not taken the initiative to attack the Federal right flank when the opportunity arose?

3. Who cross the Rapidan River at the westerly Germanna Ford?

4. Who expresses his frustration with bad intelligence where nothing that had been thought true the day before proves to be so?

5. Where is Lee astride his horse overlooking the Potomac River?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shaara describe Lee viewing his defeated army from his horse?

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

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

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

5. Why does Grant fight in the Civil War?

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

7. Who is General Sedgwick and how does he die?

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

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

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

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