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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the luxury item that Grant has for dessert with his troops?
(a) Plums.
(b) Licorice.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Sugary dates.

2. The push against Pickett near the intersection of three roads known as ________ starts out confused.
(a) Five Sisters.
(b) Five Brothers.
(c) Five Soldiers.
(d) Five Forks.

3. Who will not take the initiative like Stonewall Jackson had for the Confederates?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Ewell.
(d) Meade.

4. What does Lee try to protect but is pushed back by an all-out assault, forced to retreat across the Appomattox River?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Arlington.
(d) Knox.

5. Who receives orders from Sheridan to move his forces forward from Saylor's Creek to Appomattox?
(a) Lee.
(b) Grant.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Chamberlain.

6. What issue is emotional and political to Confederates regardless of why the Civil War is being waged?
(a) The control of lands.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Power struggles.
(d) Emancipation of women.

7. What does Lee's forces lack, forcing the Confederates into a defensive position?
(a) Agility.
(b) Mobility.
(c) Strength.
(d) Power.

8. What is the new technology in 1913 that Chamberlain experiences that is so different from the Civil War?
(a) An automobile.
(b) A train.
(c) A plane.
(d) A computer.

9. How long is the pontoon bridge over the James River that the Federal forces pass over?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 1/2 mile.
(c) 1/4 mile.
(d) 1 mile.

10. What is the surrender ceremony full of?
(a) Celebration.
(b) Violence.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Shooting.

11. What tremendous advantage does the Union forces have over the Confederate ones in delivering supplies?
(a) Access to land routes.
(b) Access to water routes.
(c) Control of air strips.
(d) Control of the roads.

12. Who orders Meade to use the Fifth and Eighteenth Corps instead of the black troops?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Grant.
(c) Lee.
(d) Johnson.

13. Who reassures Grant that the war is still his call and that Washington politics will not interfere with his decisions?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Stuart.

14. What carries ammunition but no food from Richmond?
(a) The truck.
(b) The boat.
(c) The train.
(d) The tank.

15. Who appeals to Davis with an idea to bring in new recruits from Georgia?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Meade.
(d) Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the engineer that came up with the novel idea to blow a hole in the Confederate defense?

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

3. Who evacuated Atlanta after attempting to stop Sherman's march to the sea three times?

4. Whose army is starving and expects a shipment of rations for his men to arrive?

5. Who receives word that Sherman has captured Atlanta?

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