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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. After the failed assault on Hancock's center when the log wall burned, the attack was repulsed. Who died?
(a) Confederate soldiers.
(b) Lee.
(c) Grant.
(d) Rebel forces.

2. Who attacks at Bristol Station and fails?
(a) Chamberlain.
(b) Hill.
(c) Grant.
(d) Buchanan.

3. After the failed assault on Hancock's center, which general is badly wounded?
(a) Meade.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Grant.

4. Who is the Confederate cavalry commander that delivers messages to General Lee?
(a) Longstreet.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Longview.
(d) Stuart.

5. Under Lee's leadership, what had become the primary method of fighting the war?
(a) Guerrilla tactics.
(b) Defense.
(c) Fear mongering.
(d) Offense.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what group will Chamberlain's new assignment as commander be?

2. Who replaces General Meade as the commander of the Federal forces?

3. Who suggests that a war council would have helped prevent the first failed attempt on attacking Lee's center?

4. The thick brush, trees, swampy areas, and general tangle of vegetation in what area make it difficult to navigate?

5. What is the area that Lee expects to confront Grant in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lee's anger at Longstreet reveal about his character and his belief in God?

2. Describe the interaction between Hill and Lee as they survey the failed attempt at Bristol.

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

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

5. What is the cliche surrounding the Southern reason for fighting in the Civil War and how does Lee oppose this?

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

7. How does Grant get Meade on his side working together to fight the Confederates?

8. Why does Shaara offer an Introduction to "The Last Full Measure"?

9. Who is General Sedgwick and how does he die?

10. How does Shaara reveal who the significant characters of "The Last Full Measure" are?

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