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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the excitement for battle raced across the country, the governor of Ohio said he could not send the requested thirteen regiments but would send how many?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

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

3. After a soldier was killed at the battle of Dranesville in 1861, his younger brother wrote home to say that everyone's time must come; at what battle was the writer later killed?
(a) Shiloh.
(b) Antietam.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) Bull Run.

4. McPherson quotes a sergeant who had spent the first twenty months of service guarding railroad bridges, as being disgusted with the lack of action. Which state was he from?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Indiana.

5. 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?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Chancellorville.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Gettysburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the 7th Vermont was called forward in June 1862, which of the following regiments pouted while Vermont celebrated?

2. During the discussion of good-luck charms and talismans, the author notes that he has not encountered any evidence of Civil War soldiers carrying what common item?

3. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?

4. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Wilbur Fisk, of the 2nd Vermont, wrote which of the following?

5. During "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers," which military historian is quoted from his book, "Men Against Fire"?

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