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Gods and Generals | 10 Question Movie Multiple Choice Quiz

2003's "Gods and Generals", based on the book by Jeff Shaara, is the often-overlooked prequel to the 1993 movie "Gettysburg".

A multiple-choice quiz by AlexT781. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
AlexT781

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
372,577

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
178

Last 3 plays: Guest 208 (10/10), Guest 71 (1/10), Guest 96 (2/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the beginning of the movie, Colonel Robert E. Lee was offered command of the Union army. Lee declined the offer, and eventually resigned his commission in the U.S. Army. What event is cited in the movie as the reason Lee turned down the offer? Hint

Virginia's secession

Lee disliked the Sectretary of War

Fort Sumter had been attacked

He had accepted command of a Confederate army

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which actor plays the role of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson? Hint

Walter Becker

Billy Zane

Tom Berenger

Stephen Lang

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Question 3 of 10

3. On whose behalf alone does Robert E. Lee say he will draw his sword? Hint

His native state

Jefferson Davis

The Confederacy

John Breckinridge

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who portrays Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's brother, Sergeant Thomas Chamberlain, in the film? Hint

Jeff Daniels

Tom Skerritt

Raul Julia

C. Thomas Howell

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the scene where a Union and a Confederate soldier trade coffee and tobacco, what does the Union soldier try to trade for a lame horse? Hint

Gen. Burnside

a bridge

Gen. Sumner

wool blanket

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which character in the movie says, "Train with the bayonet, and we will have our freedom."? Hint

Thomas J. Jackson

J.E.B. Stuart

Robert E. Lee

Joseph E. Johnston

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Question 7 of 10

7. Prior to the Battle of Fredericksburg, why did the Union army not cross the river and occupy the town of Fredericksburg, as Maj. Gen. Hancock had urged? Hint

the bridges had been destroyed

the army was not to be divided

the town was already held by the Confederates

the Union army actually did cross the river

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Union soldiers were forced to hide behind makeshift cover during the night of December 13th. What was used most as cover? Hint

stone walls

tree stumps

rail fences

dead soldiers

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who plays the bit part of Col. Waller Patton in "Gods and Generals"? Hint

Phil Gramm

Stephen Cannell

Robert Byrd

Ted Turner

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the movie, General Jackson had a close friendship with his cook, based on having the same religious beliefs. What is the name of the cook, played by Frankie Faison? Hint

James Parks

Daniel Freeman

Moses Brown

Jim Lewis

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Virginia's secession

Lee said he could not fight against his home state of Virginia - which, in the movie, seceded the same day Lee declined President Lincoln's offer.

2. Which actor plays the role of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?

Answer: Stephen Lang

Some of Stephen Lang's other movies include "Manhunter", "Gettysburg", "Tombstone", and "Avatar".

3. On whose behalf alone does Robert E. Lee say he will draw his sword?

Answer: His native state

Lee declined the command of the Union army because he could not fight against Virginia. However, he later says he would not fight for the Confederacy either, but only "for my native state".

4. Who portrays Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's brother, Sergeant Thomas Chamberlain, in the film?

Answer: C. Thomas Howell

C. Thomas Howell played the same role in "Gettysburg". Some of his other movies include "E.T.", "Red Dawn", and "Hidalgo".

5. In the scene where a Union and a Confederate soldier trade coffee and tobacco, what does the Union soldier try to trade for a lame horse?

Answer: Gen. Burnside

By this time, the war had been going badly for the North, and this scene highlights the growing lack of confidence in Union commanders.

6. Which character in the movie says, "Train with the bayonet, and we will have our freedom."?

Answer: Thomas J. Jackson

Jackson believed the North would end the war once they saw the determination of the Southern soldiers. If Jackson had his way, he "would offer the enemy no quarter".

7. Prior to the Battle of Fredericksburg, why did the Union army not cross the river and occupy the town of Fredericksburg, as Maj. Gen. Hancock had urged?

Answer: the army was not to be divided

Maj. Gen. Hancock, played by Brian Mallon, tried to get permission to cross the river and occupy Fredericksburg itself. However, Maj. Gen. Burnside, the Union commander, refused, stating that he would not "make the same mistakes as his predecessors" did and divide the army.

8. The Union soldiers were forced to hide behind makeshift cover during the night of December 13th. What was used most as cover?

Answer: dead soldiers

The surviving soldiers couldn't retreat over the wide open ground and were forced to spend the night hiding. Sgt. Kilrain apologizes to a dead friend, saying, "I know you're in heaven, but you've still got plenty of work to do down here in this cold, pitiless world."

9. Who plays the bit part of Col. Waller Patton in "Gods and Generals"?

Answer: Ted Turner

Ted Turner, the executive producer of both "Gods and Generals" and "Gettysburg", had cameos in both movies as Col. Patton.

10. In the movie, General Jackson had a close friendship with his cook, based on having the same religious beliefs. What is the name of the cook, played by Frankie Faison?

Answer: Jim Lewis

Jim Lewis was a slave given to Jackson at the beginning of the Civil War. In the movie, he was Jackson's friend and confidante. During Jackson's funeral procession near the end of the movie, Jim Lewis walked just beside Jackson's casket.

Despite his close friendship with Jackson, Jim Lewis was buried in an unmarked grave, and is all but forgotten today.

Source: Author AlexT781

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