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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. 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?
(a) 5th Arkansas.
(b) 12th Georgia.
(c) 21st Texas.
(d) 20th Massachusetts.

2. As McPherson describes how soldiers on both sides were spoiling for a fight, he mentions an expression denoting exciting experiences: see the _________?
(a) Donkey.
(b) Bear.
(c) Canary.
(d) Elephant.

3. In the discussion of the battle energy, an anemic Yale graduate--who later died at 26--recounted that the double-quick was not a fast enough pace; what disease did the man have?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Bright's disease.

4. 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) Combat narcosis.
(b) Military insanity.
(c) Battle craze.
(d) Enraged glory.

5. 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) Indiana.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Having discussed how the eagerness for battle faded, McPherson goes on to say that soldiers turned to the most pervasive presence: ________?

2. When McPherson talks about the ways in which the eagerness for battle was not unique to Civil War soldiers, he mentions the same phenomenon during which war?

3. Soldiers from all BUT WHICH of the following states are mentioned in the discussion of green recruits who wanted to prove their manhood through battle?

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

5. As McPherson discusses religion's role in the Civil War, he notes that a lieutenant from New Jersey who fought in the conflict was what religion?

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