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1. The Shaaras were responsible for these fictional accounts of the American Civil War. What was the relationship between these two men?
2. Which work does not belong to the Shaara trilogy?
3. Which book was the work of Michael Shaara?
4. Killer Angels was the first novel of the trilogy to be published, in 1974. However, its historical chronology would not rank it first. Which novel would rank first chronologically from beginning to end?
5. The trilogy centers around several Civil War generals one of which was Joshua Chamberlain. Unlike many of the other main characters, Chamberlain was not a career military person. What was his occupation before the war?
6. Many of the generals on opposing sides were acquaintances from their days at West Point and some even considered themselves close friends. Which pair of opposing friends are central characters in two installments of the trilogy?
7. After Jackson is shot by his own troops at Chancellorsville, who is his attending physician according to the trilogy?
8. In the first installment, 'The Killer Angels', what was the name of the spy who brought information to the Confederacy at Gettysburg?
9. What Confederate infantry commander is seen as a sort of opposite to the aggressive Jackson and was later highly critical of Lee after the war?
10. In the third installment of the trilogy, what does Lee spend his postwar years doing?
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