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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From whom does the Confederacy get many of its guns and most of its wagons?
(a) England
(b) Confederate factories
(c) The Union army
(d) France

3. On whose eagerness for battle is Lee depending?
(a) Ewell and Early
(b) McLaws and Hood
(c) Stuart and Pickett
(d) Longstreet and Rodes

4. Why won't Longstreet send support to Pickett when he asks for it?
(a) There is no support to send.
(b) If Pickett had obeyed orders, he would not need support.
(c) Pickett's division is doing better than anyone else's.
(d) There is no way to get the men to where Pickett is.

5. What is the outcome of Lee's discussion with Longstreet?
(a) They will attack both the left and the right simultaneously.
(b) The attack will move to the left.
(c) The attack will move to the right.
(d) The attack at the center will go ahead.

6. What makes the Confederate troops turn back as they start to retreat?
(a) A regiment of Union soldiers that had come around behind them.
(b) Their own cannons pointed at them.
(c) The sight of Lee, bareheaded, on horseback.
(d) The sight of the flag of Virginia still waving.

7. What question continues to occasionally plague Chamberlain?
(a) How could one man take up arms against another?
(b) What if it is he who is wrong?
(c) What is more important, his duty to his men or his duty to his country?
(d) What is this war really about?

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

9. Which of these is NOT a reason Longstreet gives for why Meade will not attack?
(a) He is General Meade.
(b) He will be reluctant to move without his full force.
(c) He has just arrived on the field and will not understand the position.
(d) He will have orders from Washington not to attack.

10. What does Longstreet think he should do but cannot?
(a) Send scouts for additional ammunition.
(b) Lead the attack from the front line.
(c) Resign his position.
(d) Find a place to get some rest.

11. What does Fremantle think the war is really about?
(a) The superiority of those of English descent
(b) States' rights
(c) Adaptation vs. rejection of European customs
(d) Slavery

12. What does Chamberlain think about the ground they're holding?
(a) They would be better off finding another site altogether.
(b) It is a very good position and they can hold it for quite a while.
(c) It is an OK position, but with a little power, the Rebels will overtake them.
(d) One side of it is very weak.

13. What does Fremantle think of democracy?
(a) It is a noble idea.
(b) It will stand the test of time and spread throughout the world.
(c) It is an experiment that will ultimately fail.
(d) It should be brought to England.

14. How is Pettigrew of the Confederates like Chamberlain of the Union?
(a) They are both intellectuals.
(b) They are both from Maine.
(c) They both have a brother serving under them.
(d) They both are 34 years old.

15. What does Fremantle hope for after the war is over?
(a) The South will rejoin England.
(b) A position in the Confederate government.
(c) An English victory over France.
(d) The destruction of the Northern government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Longstreet think will be the outcome of this battle?

2. What strategy does Lee decide is the best course of action?

3. What does Tom say about the battle the day before?

4. Where does Tom get the coffee that he brings to Chamberlain?

5. What is Stuart's initial response when Lee tells him there are officers who want Stuart court-martialed?

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