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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 has a far weaker central government than the Union?
(a) Liberalists.
(b) Federalists.
(c) Confederation.
(d) Economists.

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

3. Who is the first military commander for the Federal forces?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Davis.
(d) Grant.

4. What color is Lee's horse?
(a) White.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

5. Who is the President of the United States in "The Last Full Measure"?
(a) Carter.
(b) Hoover.
(c) Grant.
(d) Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the commander of the Sixth Corps?

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

3. What is Lee's horse's name?

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

5. What is lacking in the military preparations for both the northern and southern troops in the Wilderness, making it difficult to find each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do troops on both sides of the war reveal their similarities through bartering?

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

3. How does Shaara describe the interaction of foreign dignitaries with Grant and Meade?

4. Why does Grant fight in the Civil War?

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

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

7. How does Grant get Meade on his side working together to fight the Confederates?

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

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

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

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