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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, On the Altar of My Country.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Bristoe campaign, from which state was the sergeant who disobeyed a surgeon's order to go to the hospital because he was afraid of the suspicion attached?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Virginia.

2. After the attack on Fort Sumter, all BUT WHICH of the following states joined the other seven Southern states that had seceded prior to April, 1861?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Virginia.

3. A private in the 1st Virginia reported, after the battle of Sharpsburg, that a man in the 24th Virginia was whipped publicly for cowardice; how many lashes did the man receive?
(a) 16.
(b) 28.
(c) 42.
(d) 39.

4. After the battle of Shiloh, which of the following Generals for the 53rd Ohio, promised his men--after an hour lecture--that they would fight with artillery behind them in the next battle?
(a) General William T. Sherman.
(b) General James Abram Garfield.
(c) General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.
(d) General George Brinton McClellan.

5. In "Chapter 7: On the Altar of my Country," how did soldiers frequently misspell the word "altar"?
(a) Alter.
(b) Alterr.
(c) Alttar.
(d) Atlar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story of James and John Welsh, McPherson says that John--who enlisted with the 27th Virginia--was killed during which of the following battles?

2. During the battle of Fair Oaks, Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., swore he would shoot the first man who ran, in which of the following regiments?

3. When a Pennsylvania cavalry corporal wrote his mother in 1863, he listed his obligations to duty. In what position did he place his obligation to his mother?

4. When discussing the mark of honor, which of the following did Civil War soldiers most wish to avoid?

5. When McPherson recounts the tale of James and John Welsh, he says that James moved to what state in 1853 and became a Republican?

(see the answer key)

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