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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Grant (May 4, 1864) Lee (May 5, 1864): Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shaara employ to illustrate the battles that led to the failure at Bristol?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Flashbacks.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Irony.

2. What did Stonewall Jackson eventually die of?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Broken heart.
(c) Diarrhea.
(d) Pneumonia.

3. What has a far weaker central government than the Union?
(a) Liberalists.
(b) Confederation.
(c) Federalists.
(d) Economists.

4. Who cross the Rapidan River at the westerly Germanna Ford?
(a) Longstreet and Stuart.
(b) Sherman and Warren.
(c) Burnside and Fellows.
(d) Dewey and Meade.

5. Who does Chamberlain talk to in Northern Virginia about his new assignment as commander?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Grant.
(c) Griffin.
(d) Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is lacking in the military preparations for both the northern and southern troops in the Wilderness, making it difficult to find each other?

2. Where did Chamberlain lead a heroic bayonet charge?

3. To what army does Chamberlain return in Northern Virginia in Chapter 3?

4. What was not thorough enough according to Hill that caused the failed attack at Bristol?

5. What is the area that Lee expects to confront Grant in?

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