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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Grant (July 27, 1864) Lee (July 30, 1864) Grant (July 30, 1864): Chapters 28-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the whizzing bullets that pass Lee?
(a) Grenades.
(b) Torpedo ones.
(c) Hand bullets.
(d) Minie balls.

2. Who has been criticized as losing the Battle of Gettysburg?
(a) Sherman.
(b) Lee.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Longfellow.

3. How many miles does Sheridan's cavalry stretch?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

4. What does Lee see the Southern resistance in the Civil War as representative of?
(a) A fight for freedom from federal authority.
(b) A fight for equality.
(c) A fight for control of land.
(d) A fight to preserve the union.

5. What is Lee's horse's name?
(a) Traveler.
(b) Guest.
(c) Othello.
(d) Markus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Confederate cavalry commander that delivers messages to General Lee?

2. Who may have fought with Grant in Mexico but cannot remember any distinguishing characteristics about Grant?

3. Who expresses his frustration with bad intelligence where nothing that had been thought true the day before proves to be so?

4. Who misses Stuart's leadership of the cavalry?

5. What does Shaara employ to illustrate the battles that led to the failure at Bristol?

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