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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 does Jackson do before telling his troops to charge outside of Chancellorsville?
(a) Write a goodbye letter to his wife.
(b) March around the Union lines.
(c) Have too much to drink.
(d) Pray for 30 minutes.

2. Where is Lee when General Stuart sends him the gift of a new uniform?
(a) At Gettysburg.
(b) Outside of Pittsburg.
(c) In the hills above Fredericksburg.
(d) In a hospital near Scuttleburg.

3. Why can't Lee launch one final attack against the Union troops in Fredericksburg?
(a) The men refuse to follow his orders any longer.
(b) He is called away to another battle.
(c) They have escaped by the time he attacks.
(d) He is assassinated.

4. What surprised Jackson about the swamp he left alone during the battle of Fredericksburg?
(a) It has crocodiles in it.
(b) It has poisonous snakes.
(c) It is frozen solid.
(d) It has a secret bridge for the soldiers to cross.

5. What unit is Chamberlain put in charge of after Fredericksburg?
(a) All of the Union forces.
(b) The Twentieth Maine and the Seventeenth Vermont.
(c) The Twentieth Maine.
(d) The Twentieth Maine, the Seventeenth Vermont, and the Twelfth New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role in the battle of Chancellorsville do Hancock's men play once Hooker is wounded?

2. What major icon is Hancock hoping to storm during the battle of Fredericksburg?

3. When is Hancock told that Hooker has been wounded during the attack on Chancellorsville?

4. What do the Union men initially think they will encounter around Chancellorsville?

5. How many ways do Jackson and Lee split their army around Chancellorsville?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the person in command change twice for the Confederates during the battle at Chancellorsville?

2. How has Hooker managed to surround Lee shortly after the battle at Fredericksburg?

3. What is the pattern of the Union troops once the battle at Chancellorsville begins?

4. How do Lee and Jackson divide their army around Chancellorsville?

5. What happens to Hancock's unit during the attack at Fredericksburg?

6. What wounds and treatment does Jackson receive during the battle at Chancellorsville?

7. What will the Union troops have to do in order to attack the Confederates near Fredericksburg?

8. What happens at the scene of Jackson's death?

9. Why is the information A.P. Hill tells Jackson about the swampland at the battle of Fredericksburg significant?

10. What fills Lee and Longstreet with pride as they see the Union army begin its attack outside of Fredericksburg?

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