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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Band of Brothers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing soldiers not eager to fight, McPherson says derogatory comments about these men came from officers who had enlisted for all BUT WHICH of these reasons?
(a) Money.
(b) Duty.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Honor.

2. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?
(a) Honor.
(b) Reputation.
(c) Family.
(d) Class.

3. After the story from the soldier who experienced the glaze of war during the battle at Gaines Mill, McPherson notes that another term for this phenomenon is what?
(a) Enraged glory.
(b) Combat narcosis.
(c) Military insanity.
(d) Battle craze.

4. Having discussed how the eagerness for battle faded, McPherson goes on to say that soldiers turned to the most pervasive presence: ________?
(a) Disease.
(b) Fear.
(c) Cowardice.
(d) Anger.

5. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Wilbur Fisk, of the 2nd Vermont, wrote which of the following?
(a) On the Altar of Freedom.
(b) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(c) Hard Marching Every Day.
(d) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the discussion of the "fighting drunk" terminology, Confederate soldiers were accused of an unlikely combination of whiskey and what?

2. During the discussion of primary group cohesion, a soldier in the 122nd New York wrote to his sister in response to how he kept going through all BUT WHICH of these battles?

3. In "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson states that in the Confederacy, which state endured a great deal of disdain from other states?

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

5. After the battle of Fredericksburg, the 10th New York had fought six battles in as many months and had lost all but how many men?

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