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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40 through 49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 43, Sherman was ordered to prepare to attack _________________ and he successfully maneuvered into position.
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Lexington.

2. What did the loyalists soon begin to float on rafts down the river to the Union men?
(a) Provisions.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Letters.
(d) Confederate captives.

3. In Chapter 17, states continued to secede from the Union and the Civil War broke out in ________ of 1861.
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) April.

4. Grant cited the nature of the fort's commander and predicted what?
(a) Little opposition.
(b) A great deal of opposition.
(c) No opposition.
(d) Quite a bit of opposition.

5. The assault on the town that is the answer to #82 resulted in ______________ losses.
(a) No.
(b) Few.
(c) Many.
(d) Tremendous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant contrasted General _______ with General Taylor.

2. A Confederate officer later said that he'd pointed Grant out to his men, saying that they were welcome to shoot him. Did anyone shoot at him?

3. Grant received orders from General Halleck to change his position, but Grant did not. Why did he not obey?

4. In Chapter 27, Grant moved to _______________, where he set up headquarters.

5. General Burnside found himself in distress for what?

(see the answer key)

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