Grade 11 American History – Movie Comprehension Quiz: Glory Name: Multiple Choice (20 Marks)

Read each question and circle the answer that is MOST correct.

1. 
   What famous Abolitionist Leader did Captain Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) meet at the start of the movie?
   

c) Frederick Douglas d) William Garrison

2. 
   What nationality is Sergeant Mulcahy, the soldier given the responsibility to train the black regiment properly?
   

c) Irish d) French

3. 
   When Trip (Denzel Washington) is caught and thought to be a deserter, he is whipped in front of the rest of the regiment. Why did he leave?
   

1. 
   He was searching for his former slave master so he could kill him.
   
2. 
   He was attempting to escape military service because of the lower pay and racism.
   
3. 
   He was searching for a pair of shoes that fit.
   
4. 
   He was looking for a card game so he could win some money to pay for food.
   

4. 
   White soldiers were paid ______ per month while black soldiers were expected to accept ______ per month for doing the exact same job.
   

c) $10/$5 c) $13/$10

5. 
   What city was Captain Shaw from?
   

c) Boston d) Philadelphia

6. 
   What was John Rawlins’ (Morgan Freeman) job before enlisting with the 54^th regiment?
   

7. 
   Where was Trip originally from?
   

8. 
   What does Trip nickname Thomas Searles (Andre Braugher)?
   

9. 
   How does Shaw ensure that his men will see action instead of being relegated to labour details?
   

1. 
   He asks President Lincoln to give his men direct orders to fight.
   
2. 
   Shaw gets Ulysses Grant to intervene on his behalf.
   
3. 
   He goes against direct orders and brings his men to fight without authorization from his superior officers.
   
4. 
   Shaw approaches the area commander with a threat to expose the illegal activities undertaken by his command and is soon transferred to the front lines.
   

10. 
    When the movie starts, where is Captain Shaw wounded during the battle of Antietam?
    

11. 
    When the 54ths issued rifles arrive, Forbes (Cary Elwes) is assigned to train the men in marksmanship. How does he do this?
    

1. 
   The men shoot at bottles for target practice.
   
2. 
   The men go hunting for squirrels and ‘possums.
   
3. 
   The soldiers shoot watermelons off of posts.
   
4. 
   The soldiers shoot clay pots thrown in the air.
   

12. 
    Where is the first place the 54^th regiment see real action?
    

13. 
    Shaw hopes that the news of their first successful battle will do credit to the regiment and prove that blacks can be brave and able soldiers, however a reporter tells him that the headlines in the north are too filled with reports from a recent battle to give the story of the 54^th any prominence. What battle was he referring to?
    

14. 
    Shaw volunteers the 54^th to lead a frontal assault on:
    

1. 
   Fort Darling
   
2. 
   Fort Lafayette
   
3. 
   Fort Knox
   
4. 
   Fort Wagner
   

15. 
    On the night before the attack, the men at sing at the camp fire to raise their spirits for the imminent battle. What was the chorus of their song?
    

1. 
   Alleluia! Praise the Lord!
   
2. 
   Babylon is falling!
   
3. 
   Oh my lord, lord, lord!
   
4. 
   He’s got whole world in his hands!
   

16. 
    As the men march towards the battlefield towards their impending death, they come across the same white soldier they had encountered previously. What does he say?
    

1. 
   Die you filthy monkeys!
   
2. 
   Give ‘em hell 54!
   
3. 
   Get ‘er done!
   
4. 
   Yeeeeeeehawwwwwwww!
   

17. 
    What does Shaw ask Trip to do for the regiment?
    

1. 
   He appoints him to the position of Sergeant-Major, making him the highest ranking enlisted man in the regiment.
   
2. 
   He asks him to be the flag-bearer.
   
3. 
   He asks him to become a spy and to infiltrate the Fort.
   
4. 
   He asks him for forgiveness and wishes he weren’t so mad all the time.
   

18. 
    Once the regiment storms the fort and with the enemy firing down on the men at almost point blank range, who is killed first?
    

19. 
    When the corpses of the dead soldiers from the 54^th are thrown unceremoniously into a mass grave, what is missing?
    

20. 
    How many men were lost in the attack on the fort (which consequently, was never taken)?