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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What practice of the commander do foreign dignitaries mock when they visit his quarters?
2. Shaara offers biographies on which of the following leaders?
3. What kind of repeating carbines do Sheridan's man have?
4. What were defensive maneuvers employed when Meade had pressed on his army at Mine Run?
5. Under Lee's leadership, what had become the primary method of fighting the war?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it hard to see the enemy in the wilderness that becomes apparent on the first full day of battle?
2. What is the cliche surrounding the Southern reason for fighting in the Civil War and how does Lee oppose this?
3. What does Chamberlain find absurd yet necessary about desertion in the army?
4. After the failed Hancock attack, what does Lee think about God and believe will happen to Longstreet?
5. How does Chamberlain's discussion of home with his brother Tom foreshadow Tom's death?
6. What does Lee's anger at Longstreet reveal about his character and his belief in God?
7. What is the supreme fear to Lincoln if the South wins the Civil War?
8. What does Shaara offer immediately to the reader in the introduction that foreshadows the conflicts to come?
9. How does Lee take Longstreet's view of Grant into his planning for the war?
10. How does Grant get Meade on his side working together to fight the Confederates?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Shaara uses more than one iteration on the motif of life-death-life. Identify at least two motifs about life-death-life in the book. Then cite an example to support each answer.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the role of women in the rural South in the 1840s when the women in "The Last Full Measure" are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Sherman. What is his role the story? What was Shaara trying to accomplish by creating Sherman's character in the novel?
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