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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Cause of Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers" opens by saying that like _________, bullets fall on the just and unjust alike.
(a) Age.
(b) Snow.
(c) Rain.
(d) Death.

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

4. After the battle of Fredericksburg, which famous writer visited his brother, a lieutenant in the 51st New York, after the man had been wounded?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Upton Sinclair.
(d) John Steinbeck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined," the ultimate test of leadership was what?

2. How many children does McPherson report that Jesse Beecher had when he enlisted with the 112th New York in 1862?

3. McPherson says that one of the reasons for this famous Confederate general's invasion of Tennessee during November 1864 was a hope to revitalize the troops from that state. What was this general's name?

4. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that James Gooding, a black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts, wrote which of the following?

5. While attempting to define the "glorious institutions" that kept men fighting during the Civil War, a soldier from which state defined it as "the guaranty of the rights of property, liberty of action, freedom of thought, religion...that kind of government that shall assure life liberty & the pursuit of happiness"?

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