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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Longstreet (Mid-Morning, May 6, 1864) Hancock (Late Afternoon, May 6, 1864): Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dismisses Hill's apology for the failed attack at Bristol?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Banning.
(c) Lee.
(d) Margot.

2. Who sends a communication to Grant, informing him that the enemy is advancing on the Orange Turnpike?
(a) Meade.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Lee.
(d) Sherman.

3. Who is the Confederate cavalry commander that delivers messages to General Lee?
(a) Longstreet.
(b) Longview.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Stuart.

4. When does Lee bring his army into Virginia successfully?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1866.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the President of the Confederate forces?

2. Who wonders why God had chosen to take Stonewall Jackson?

3. What did Stonewall Jackson eventually die of?

4. Who is to move into the Shenandoah Valley to divert part of Lee's army toward the west?

5. When does the novel begin?

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