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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 send to gain control of the Shenandoah Valley and prevent Lee from moving north?
(a) Lee.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Early.
(d) Sheridan.

2. Where does Grant want to go to return to his wife and children?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Vermont.
(d) New York.

3. What do soldiers do as a sign of respect and by order of General Gordon at the ceremony?
(a) Throw away muskets.
(b) Stand at ease.
(c) Shoot guns.
(d) Fix bayonets.

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

5. Who halts his troops while a Confederate officer rides his way under a white flag?
(a) Ord.
(b) Grant.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tremendous advantage does the Union forces have over the Confederate ones in delivering supplies?

2. What does Lee's forces lack, forcing the Confederates into a defensive position?

3. How far apart are Lee's soldiers fter the failed attempt to implement Gordon's plan?

4. Who orders Meade to use the Fifth and Eighteenth Corps instead of the black troops?

5. What do Lee's men begin to abandon, revealing their loss of morale?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lee worried about shifting command to Beauregard?

2. Why does Lee fail to attend the surrender ceremony?

3. How does Lee finally accept Grant's offer to discuss surrender?

4. What is Lee forced to accept in his leadership after Jackson dies?

5. How does the battle at Fort Stedman begin initially by accident?

6. What is the irony in Chamberlain's death at the time of World War I?

7. What is the oddity regarding soldiers who can view their own deaths in the war?

8. Why is Lee disappointed that Lincoln is reelected?

9. How does Lincoln's nomination affect the Federal soldiers and their confidence in victory?

10. Why does Lee believe that the statue of George Washington will remain intact during the war?

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