For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Mid-Book Test (up to Chapter 6, A Band of Brothers)

This test consists of 15 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. 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?
a) Cold Harbor.
b) Petersburg.
c) Spotsylvania.
d) Pleasant Hill.

2. During "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson notes that studies of combat motivation have shown the need of soldiers to prove themselves to wane after how many battles?
a) 2.
b) 8.
c) 6.
d) 4.

3. After the discussion of "short-timers" psychology, McPherson notes what percentage of 3-year enlisted Union soldiers from 1861 reenlisted?
a) 100%.
b) 25%.
c) 75%.
d) 50%.

4. Toward the...
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