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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 4, Chamberlain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chamberlain comes from the state of _________.
(a) Vermont
(b) Connecticut
(c) Maine
(d) Massachusetts

2. What is the situation when Reynolds arrives?
(a) Buford's troops are holding, but barely.
(b) Buford's troops are soundly beating the Rebels.
(c) The Rebels have taken over Buford's headquarters.
(d) Buford has given up command to a junior officer.

3. What does Lee tell Taylor to do with the blind horse?
(a) Add it to the cavalry's horses.
(b) Shoot it.
(c) Release it.
(d) Return it to its rightful owner.

4. What is described as "that ripply sound that raised the hair, that high thin scream from far away... terrible, inhuman"?
(a) The scream of wounded men
(b) The scream of wounded horses
(c) The scream of incoming cannon fire
(d) The Rebel yell

5. 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) The Union army has lost so many of its horses, it can no longer support a cavalry.
(c) Gettysburg is known to be sympathetic with the Southern cause.
(d) Cavalry travels behind infantry, not in front of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "The Cause" for Longstreet?

2. Why does Armistead say Lee will not use a defensive strategy?

3. Why does Buford make his headquarters at the Seminary?

4. From what is the book's title derived?

5. What catches Buford's eye in the cemetery?

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