Grade 11 American History – Movie Comprehension Quiz: Glory
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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?
a) John Brown
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Frederick Douglas
d) William Garrison
2. What nationality is Sergeant Mulcahy, the soldier given
the responsibility to train the black regiment properly?
a) Scottish
b) English
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?
a) He was searching for his former slave master so he
could kill him.
b) He was attempting to escape military service because
of the lower pay and racism.
c) He was searching for a pair of shoes that fit.
d) 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.
a) $100/$50
b) $25/$15
c) $10/$5
c) $13/$10
5. What city was Captain Shaw from?
a) New York
b) Atlanta
c) Boston
d) Philadelphia
6. What was John Rawlins’ (Morgan Freeman) job before enlisting with the 54th regiment?
a) Escaped Slave
b) Book Keeper
c) Gravedigger
d) Farmer
7. Where was Trip originally from?
a) Alabama
c) Georgia
c) Tennessee
8. What does Trip nickname Thomas Searles (Andre Braugher)?
a) Field Hand
b) Snowflake
c) Smarty Pants
9.
a)
b)
c)
d)
d) Louisiana
d) Uncle Tom
How does Shaw ensure that his men will see action instead of being relegated to labour details?
He asks President Lincoln to give his men direct orders to fight.
Shaw gets Ulysses Grant to intervene on his behalf.
He goes against direct orders and brings his men to fight without authorization from his superior officers.
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?
a) His Head
b) His Arm
c) His Leg
d) His Neck
11. When the 54ths issued rifles arrive, Forbes (Cary Elwes) is assigned to train the men in marksmanship.
How does he do this?
a) The men shoot at bottles for target practice.
b) The men go hunting for squirrels and ‘possums.
c) The soldiers shoot watermelons off of posts.
d) The soldiers shoot clay pots thrown in the air.
12. Where is the first place the 54th regiment see real action?
a) Fort Sumter
b) James Island
c) Bull Run
d) Hagerstown Pike
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 54th any prominence. What battle was he
referring to?
a) Vicksburg
b) Gettysburg
c) Appomattox
d) Savannah
14.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Shaw volunteers the 54th to lead a frontal assault on:
Fort Darling
Fort Lafayette
Fort Knox
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?
a) Alleluia! Praise the Lord!
b) Babylon is falling!
c) Oh my lord, lord, lord!
d) 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?
a) Die you filthy monkeys!
b) Give ‘em hell 54!
c) Get ‘er done!
d) Yeeeeeeehawwwwwwww!
17. What does Shaw ask Trip to do for the regiment?
a) He appoints him to the position of Sergeant-Major, making him the highest ranking enlisted man in the
regiment.
b) He asks him to be the flag-bearer.
c) He asks him to become a spy and to infiltrate the Fort.
d) 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?
a) Thomas
b) Trip
c) Shaw
d) Rawlins
19. When the corpses of the dead soldiers from the 54th are thrown unceremoniously into a mass grave, what
is missing?
a) Their Heads
b) Their Uniforms
c) Their Hands
d) Their Shoes
20. How many men were lost in the attack on the fort (which consequently, was never taken)?
a) 1/3
b) 1/4
c) ½
d) 100%
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