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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 do soldiers do as a sign of respect and by order of General Gordon at the ceremony?
(a) Fix bayonets.
(b) Throw away muskets.
(c) Stand at ease.
(d) Shoot guns.

2. What tremendous advantage does the Union forces have over the Confederate ones in delivering supplies?
(a) Control of the roads.
(b) Access to land routes.
(c) Control of air strips.
(d) Access to water routes.

3. What does Lee's forces lack, forcing the Confederates into a defensive position?
(a) Strength.
(b) Agility.
(c) Power.
(d) Mobility.

4. Who does Lee visit that lost his will to fight at Gettysburg when he led a disastrous charge?
(a) Meade.
(b) Pickett.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Gordon.

5. Who writes his memoirs at a house in the Blue Ridge Mountains?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lee.
(c) Taylor.
(d) Stuart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who iscovers that Grant has not retreated and is moving his army toward the North Anna River with the intent to cross and move farther south?

2. Who has taken and holds control of the Shenandoah Valley, allowing Lee's army to move westward into the Valley?

3. Who evacuated Atlanta after attempting to stop Sherman's march to the sea three times?

4. What Fort does Lee have to take as part of the bold plan of turning the Union cannons on the Federal entrenched line?

5. What is the real name of Mark Twain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lee fear about central leadership proposed in a message from Richmond?

2. How does Lincoln's nomination affect the Federal soldiers and their confidence in victory?

3. How does Shaara powerfully convey the death of Hill, one of Lee's leaders through a third-person point of view of an unknown officier?

4. What does Chamberlain realize about the fight at Saylor's Creek?

5. When Chamberlain rides back to the battle, how does he fool Confederate soldiers through a ruse?

6. How is Lee's desperation evident at Christmas?

7. How does the crater become a death trap for the Federal soldiers?

8. How does Grant succeed monetarily through his memoirs?

9. How does access to water offer an advantage to Grant over Lee?

10. Why is Lee worried about shifting command to Beauregard?

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