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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lee think there is an opportunity here?
(a) Meade will be cautious and slow to move.
(b) Lee has just been given several thousand more troops.
(c) The Confederate Army is much stronger than the Union Army.
(d) The Union Army was just defeated at Vicksburg.

2. What does Longstreet think could lose the war?
(a) Dishonesty
(b) Loyalty
(c) Cowardice
(d) Honor

3. Once the Union soldiers start retreating, what is Lee's goal?
(a) To keep pushing to capture the hill.
(b) To fall back to a stronghold outside of Gettysburg.
(c) To go after the Union commanders to create fear in the infantry.
(d) To force the Union out of Gettysburg entirely.

4. How long does Buford hope to hold the Rebel soldiers at bay?
(a) Long enough for the infantry to arrive to support his cavalry.
(b) All day.
(c) More than six hours.
(d) Long enough for Lee to arrive in town.

5. Who is Buford initially facing?
(a) Heth
(b) Ewell
(c) Early
(d) Longstreet

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

7. What has happened to Heth?
(a) He has been killed.
(b) He has been wounded in the head.
(c) He has been captured by the enemy.
(d) His troops have been captured.

8. What is causing Lee frustration at the start of the battle?
(a) He has more troops, yet the Union seems to be winning already.
(b) He has still heard nothing from Stuart.
(c) His health is preventing him from getting close to the action.
(d) His officers are not following his orders.

9. Buford looks for ___________.
(a) Food for his men
(b) Additional ammunition
(c) Relief from his command
(d) Orders

10. For whose soul does Lee pray ?
(a) His own
(b) John Reynolds'
(c) Stonewall Jackson's
(d) Rooney Lee's

11. What news does Trimble bring to Lee?
(a) Ewell was eager to take the hill but Early would not allow it.
(b) Ewell could have easily taken the hill but hesitated too long.
(c) There was no possible way for Ewell to take the hill.
(d) Lee's order to take the hill arrived too late.

12. Whose troops wear black hats and are known as the Iron Brigade?
(a) James Longstreet's
(b) Robert E. Lee's
(c) John Reynolds'
(d) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's

13. What response do Ewell and Early have to Longstreet's idea of moving the troops in between Meade and Washington?
(a) They think it would hurt morale.
(b) They think it is the mark of Longstreet's cowardice.
(c) They think it should be followed immediately.
(d) They think it bears consideration.

14. How does Lee handle Ewell's failure?
(a) He warns Ewell to be more decisive in the future or face court-martial.
(b) He tells Ewell he is very disappointed in him and relieves him of his command.
(c) He tells Ewell he won a victory, though it might have been a greater victory.
(d) He makes no mention of it.

15. What had been Chamberlain's job before joining the army?
(a) Carpenter
(b) Shopkeeper
(c) Lawyer
(d) Professor

Short Answer Questions

1. What order does Lee give to Ewell?

2. Which of these is NOT a description of Stonewall Jackson as given by Longstreet to Fremantle?

3. How is Gettysburg best described?

4. How does the battle continue without Reynolds?

5. Why does Longstreet stay up as late as possible?

(see the answer keys)

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