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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Wednesday, July 1, 1863, The First Day, Chapter 3, Lee.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What catches Buford's eye in the cemetery?
(a) A gravestone with his family name on it.
(b) A gate that is hanging off its hinges.
(c) A tree full of crows.
(d) A white stone angel with arms outstretched.

2. Who is Armistead's friend in the Union army?
(a) Hancock
(b) Reynolds
(c) Chamberlain
(d) Buford

3. Why doesn't Lee believe there are Union cavalry in Gettysburg?
(a) He believes Stuart would have told him if the cavalry were arriving there.
(b) Cavalry travels behind infantry, not in front of it.
(c) Gettysburg is known to be sympathetic with the Southern cause.
(d) The Union army has lost so many of its horses, it can no longer support a cavalry.

4. Why does Buford make his headquarters at the Seminary?
(a) The thick walls will protect him from the gunfire.
(b) He will have a good view from the cupola.
(c) His orders arre to use a brick building as his headquarters.
(d) He could quickly get extra ammunition to the troops from there.

5. Which of these is NOT a way Lee thinks of Reynolds?
(a) A friend
(b) A neat trim man
(c) A gentleman
(d) A dandy

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chamberlain get the mutineers' attention?

2. Which of these name is NOT used to refer to General Lee?

3. Which of these is the prevailing opinion held by others about General Meade?

4. What shadow hangs over Dick Garnett?

5. Where is Buford's observation point at the start of the battle?

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