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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, We Were in Earnest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While talking about historically and politically famous individuals who fought the Civil War, McPherson mentions which of the following Ohio Republican leaders?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) William McKinley.
(c) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(d) James A. Garfield.

2. When a captain from the 1st Connecticut Cavalry wrote about soldiers who shirk their duty, he said that in the company of sixty men only how many were in line?
(a) 11.
(b) 32.
(c) 53.
(d) 48.

3. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Union artilleryman John Billings wrote which of the following?
(a) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(b) On the Altar of Freedom.
(c) Hard Marching Every Day.
(d) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.

4. 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.

5. As the book opens, McPherson says that he took some Princeton students to Gettysburg in the spring of what year?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that John Haley of Maine wrote which of the following?

3. In May 1861, a lieutenant in a Pennsylvania regiment wrote he would not enlist for a period longer than ________, unless his country needed him, in which case he'd enlist for life.

4. When discussing the movie "Gettysburg" and the novel "The Killer Angels," McPherson mentions which man who won the medal of honor for defending Little Big Top?

5. Which of the following was a favorite word of Confederate recruits, during the discussion of their perceived fate, if the South were to be forced back into the Union?

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