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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 practice of the commander do foreign dignitaries mock when they visit his quarters?
(a) Painting.
(b) Smoking tobacco.
(c) Whittling wood.
(d) Doing yoga.

2. Who had pressed the Federal soldiers hard at Chickamauga?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Bragg.
(d) Lee.

3. Who replaces General Meade as the commander of the Federal forces?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Lee.

4. What was not thorough enough according to Hill that caused the failed attack at Bristol?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Reconnaissance.
(d) Planning.

5. Who execute a successful attack, driving the Federal soldiers behind their log wall situated along Brock Road?
(a) The Unionists.
(b) The Anarchists.
(c) The Confederates.
(d) The Economists.

Short Answer Questions

1. For mutually beneficial transactions, what were northern and southern troops willing to have temporarily?

2. If the South won the Civil War, what might disintegrate as a result?

3. Who arrives in Washington to meet the President in Chapter 7?

4. Who does Chamberlain talk to in Northern Virginia about his new assignment as commander?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the fight in the Wilderness initially go from in the favor of the Confederates to defeat?

2. How does Lee account for the failure at Bristol through his flashbacks?

3. Why does Grant fight in the Civil War?

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

5. After the failed Hancock attack, what does Lee think about God and believe will happen to Longstreet?

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

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

8. How do troops on both sides of the war reveal their similarities through bartering?

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

10. How does Chamberlain's discussion of home with his brother Tom foreshadow Tom's death?

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