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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 appeals to Davis with an idea to bring in new recruits from Georgia?
(a) Sorrel.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Lee.
(d) Meade.

2. Who makes a serious mistake at Cold Harbor?
(a) Ewell.
(b) Lee.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Grant.

3. Who does Lee visit that lost his will to fight at Gettysburg when he led a disastrous charge?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Pickett.
(d) Meade.

4. What issue is emotional and political to Confederates regardless of why the Civil War is being waged?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Emancipation of women.
(c) The control of lands.
(d) Power struggles.

5. Who comes up with a bold plan that must be carried out flawlessly for Lee?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Meade.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Pickett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Grant send to gain control of the Shenandoah Valley and prevent Lee from moving north?

2. What does Lee try to protect but is pushed back by an all-out assault, forced to retreat across the Appomattox River?

3. The push against Pickett near the intersection of three roads known as ________ starts out confused.

4. Who misses Stuart's leadership of the cavalry?

5. What landing do the Federal forces' heavy artillery and supply wagons take a route to after Cold Harbor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does access to water offer an advantage to Grant over Lee?

6. Why is Grant tempted to drink alcohol after Cold Harbor?

7. How does Grant recognize Lee's hopeless situation after Lee's troops fail to burn the bridges?

8. How do Confederate troops show their obedience to Gordon in the surrender ceremony?

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

10. What does Lee fear about central leadership proposed in a message from Richmond?

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