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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Longstreet think will be the outcome of this battle?
(a) The South will eventually lose the war.
(b) The North will have suffered too many casualties to finish the war.
(c) The South will come back to win more important battles.
(d) The surviving soldiers will draw more troops to them with their stories of courage.

2. Who do Hood's officers blame for their loss?
(a) Longstreet
(b) Lee
(c) Hood
(d) Pickett

3. Where is Chamberlain's regiment sent?
(a) To the right end of the line
(b) Back to the left, where they had been
(c) To the center of the line
(d) Off the battlefield entirely, to rest

4. What is Stuart's initial response when Lee tells him there are officers who want Stuart court-martialed?
(a) He wants to know who those officers are.
(b) He offers to resign from his post.
(c) He bows his head in shame.
(d) He protests his innocence.

5. How does Armistead get his men's attention when he goes to help Kemper?
(a) Blows a bugle call.
(b) Shoots his gun into the air.
(c) Puts his hat on top of his uplifted sword.
(d) Waves a flag in the air.

6. What strategy does Lee decide is the best course of action?
(a) Attack on the right as Longstreet suggested.
(b) Attack on the left where the enemy has already been weakened.
(c) Withdraw to higher ground and try to draw the enemy out in the open.
(d) Attack at the center and split the line in two.

7. What news about Gen. Ewell does Venable bring to Lee?
(a) Ewell and Early have had a disagreement and there is talk of a duel.
(b) Ewell is not in command but is deferring to Early.
(c) Ewell has been taken sick and can no longer serve.
(d) Ewell has regained control and is gathering his men together.

8. Whose absence is once again affecting the Confederate troops?
(a) Stuart
(b) Law
(c) Meade
(d) Campbell

9. Why is the slave shot?
(a) He runs from the Confederate ranks.
(b) He asks directions from a white woman.
(c) He tries to help another slave escape.
(d) He assaults an officer.

10. When the South seceded, why did Lee give up his position in the U.S. military?
(a) His wife asked him to.
(b) He could not fight against his own people.
(c) He was about to be removed from power anyway.
(d) He believed strongly in the cause of the South.

11. What does Kilrain think is important in fighting this war?
(a) Race
(b) Equality
(c) Unity
(d) Justice

12. How does Lee think one wins victories?
(a) By knowing one's enemy better than one's friends.
(b) By coming up with clever strategies.
(c) By knowing when to attack and when to retreat.
(d) By attacking with courage and with faith.

13. How does Lee generally handle a battle?
(a) He gives his officers orders then lets them do the fighting.
(b) He retreats to headquarters and studies his Bible until the battle is over.
(c) He joins the troops in the field and fights at the front of the troops.
(d) He stays in contact with the officers and directs them several times a day.

14. What news does Tom bring Chamberlain?
(a) The rations can't get through.
(b) The hospital has been shut down.
(c) Meade wants to see him.
(d) Kilrain has died.

15. What surprises Chamberlain about his interaction with the escaped slave?
(a) The similarity between them
(b) The instant feeling of brotherhood
(c) The slave's articulateness
(d) His own feelings of revulsion

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pitzer tell Chamberlain about Meade?

2. What does Longstreet think he should do but cannot?

3. Why does Longstreet say Lee should put Hill in command instead of Longstreet?

4. What had Sickles done that causes difficulty for the Union?

5. What is the outcome of Lee's discussion with Longstreet?

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