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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 troops hide behind a railroad cut near the Bristol Station?
(a) Grant corps.
(b) Entire II corps.
(c) Chamberlain's.
(d) Hill's.

2. Where did Chamberlain lead a heroic bayonet charge?
(a) Little Round Top.
(b) Mormon Retreat.
(c) Litchfield Commons.
(d) Underground Lieu.

3. Whose army is defeated and retreating that Lee watches from his horse?
(a) Chamberlain's forces.
(b) Grant's army.
(c) Stuart's forces.
(d) His army.

4. Who does Lee go to visit that has become ill but still meets him on his horse on a small road?
(a) Hill.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Grant.
(d) Longfellow.

5. Whose quarters do foreign dignitaries visit?
(a) Grant.
(b) Ewell.
(c) Lee.
(d) Sorrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Gettsyburg conflict?

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

3. Who is to approach Richmond from the north but not take the city?

4. Who knows that once engaged with Grant, the man will not back down?

5. What is the cliche regarding the Southern fight in the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Chamberlain recovers in bed, what does he contemplate about the war?

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

3. Describe the interaction between Hill and Lee as they survey the failed attempt at Bristol.

4. Why does Lee want to resign?

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

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

7. Where does the novel commence?

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

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

10. What does the figure of Grant represent in Washington during the war?

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