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

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

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

4. By default, what practice do the Southerners want to maintain in the Civil War?
(a) Gender inequality.
(b) Cotton picking.
(c) Primogeniture.
(d) Slavery.

5. What is the cliche regarding the Southern fight in the Civil War?
(a) It was for preservation of the union.
(b) It was for autonomy.
(c) It was for states' right.
(d) It was to dominate women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first military commander for the Federal forces?

2. From what period do terribly bloody battles follow one another according to Shaara?

3. In what season does the Federal commander send orders to position troops after meeting with Lincoln?

4. Who has given Sheridan permission to attack and eliminate the Confederate cavalry?

5. Who is to move into the Shenandoah Valley to divert part of Lee's army toward the west?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shaara effectively change the mood of Chapter 1 from despair to some possibility for hope?

2. Where does the novel commence?

3. Why is fighting in the wilderness difficult for both Grant and Lee?

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

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

6. How does Shaara describe Chamberlain's return home to Maine?

7. When Chamberlain recovers in bed, what does he contemplate about the war?

8. How does Grant relieve his frustration by cutting wood?

9. How does Shaara describe Lee viewing his defeated army from his horse?

10. What does Shaara offer immediately to the reader in the introduction that foreshadows the conflicts to come?

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