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

2. What do the north and south troops NOT share in common?
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Cultures.
(d) Language.

3. Who attempts to resign leadership but is denied after Gettysburg?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Longfellow.
(c) Lee.
(d) Grant.

4. What was not thorough enough according to Hill that caused the failed attack at Bristol?
(a) Planning.
(b) Reconnaissance.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Fighting.

5. At whom is Lee angry for trying to spread the blame for the defeat at Gettysburg?
(a) Longstreet.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Davis.
(d) Dewey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in charge of the Federal forces?

2. How does Chamberlain and his wife travel away from the railroad station?

3. From what period do terribly bloody battles follow one another according to Shaara?

4. Who is the first military commander for the Federal forces?

5. Who arrives in Washington to meet the President in Chapter 7?

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