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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What troops hide behind a railroad cut near the Bristol Station?
(a) Chamberlain's.
(b) Hill's.
(c) Entire II corps.
(d) Grant corps.

2. Who does Chamberlain talk to in Northern Virginia about his new assignment as commander?
(a) Griffin.
(b) Lee.
(c) Grant.
(d) Stuart.

3. Who does Grant place before the Mule Shoe?
(a) Hancock.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Meade.
(d) Schuster.

4. Who is to move into the Shenandoah Valley to divert part of Lee's army toward the west?
(a) Butler.
(b) Sigel.
(c) Grant.
(d) Meade.

5. Where does Chamberlain return by train?
(a) Boston.
(b) New Brunswick.
(c) New York.
(d) Portland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the President of the Confederate forces?

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

3. Who execute a successful attack, driving the Federal soldiers behind their log wall situated along Brock Road?

4. Before what event had the Federal soldiers lost more times than they won?

5. What do the Federal forces NOT have necessarily that is superior to the Confederate forces?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shaara powerfully build up to Stuart's death, reinforcing a good versus evil theme?

2. What does Chamberlain find absurd yet necessary about desertion in the army?

3. What does the figure of Grant represent in Washington during the war?

4. What is the supreme fear to Lincoln if the South wins the Civil War?

5. How does Lee take Longstreet's view of Grant into his planning for the war?

6. What is the important lesson that Lincoln learns from Gettsyburg regarding Federal soldiers?

7. Why is it hard to see the enemy in the wilderness that becomes apparent on the first full day of battle?

8. How does Shaara describe the interaction of foreign dignitaries with Grant and Meade?

9. Why does Grant fight in the Civil War?

10. How does Shaara describe Hill's attack at Bristol Station?

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