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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lee accept as divine judgment at Gettysburg?
(a) Ambiguity.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Success.
(d) Defeat.

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

3. What is the area that Lee expects to confront Grant in?
(a) The Wilderness.
(b) Dolomites.
(c) Pleasant Valley.
(d) Shenandoah.

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

5. Where in Virginia does Lee bring his army successfully?
(a) West of Orange.
(b) South of Rapidan River.
(c) North of Rapidan River.
(d) North of Orange.

6. What does Grant want most from the war?
(a) Women.
(b) Victory.
(c) Glory.
(d) Power.

7. Who is the President of the United States in "The Last Full Measure"?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Carter.
(d) Hoover.

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

9. What unorthodox practice does Meade have that shows a change of heart in Meade from bitterness to faith?
(a) His sharing of supplies.
(b) His choice of troops.
(c) His use of the flag.
(d) His swearing.

10. Where is Lee astride his horse overlooking the Potomac River?
(a) A Confederate stronghold.
(b) A Federal stronghold.
(c) A high bluff.
(d) The President's mansion.

11. When Meade had pressed on his army at Mine Run, who was criticized for his defensive maneuvers?
(a) Lee.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Brigand.

12. Who arrives in Washington to meet the President in Chapter 7?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Lee.
(d) Sherman.

13. Who prepares his Confederate cavalry to meet Sheridan's larger force?
(a) Lee.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Grant.
(d) Sorrel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the draw battle in the Wilderness, where does Lee race south to set up the defenses?

2. Who moves his Confederates against Warren's Federal soldiers, who are trying to hold a crossroads on the Orange Turnpike?

3. What book is "The Last Full Measure" in Shaara's set of Civil War books?

4. Who has an illness that takes him out of fighting on behalf of the Confederates, disappointing Lee?

5. Under Lee's leadership, what had become the primary method of fighting the war?

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