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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 come out of the woods at Bristol Station and advance upon Chamberlain?
(a) Renegade.
(b) Unified.
(c) Confederate.
(d) Federal.

2. When the South cannot waste resources, what became important?
(a) Finding cover.
(b) Fighting agents.
(c) Defending honor.
(d) Building armies.

3. What did Stonewall Jackson eventually die of?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Diarrhea.
(d) Broken heart.

4. Why does Chamberlain almost faint in Fannie's arms?
(a) He has malaria.
(b) He is so sleepy.
(c) He is so drunk.
(d) He is so happy.

5. Who attacks at Bristol Station and fails?
(a) Buchanan.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Hill.
(d) Grant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who suggests that a war council would have helped prevent the first failed attempt on attacking Lee's center?

3. Where does Chamberlain return by train?

4. To what army does Chamberlain return in Northern Virginia in Chapter 3?

5. Who is in charge of the Federal forces?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Chamberlain find absurd yet necessary about desertion in the army?

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

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