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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of "Chapter Two: We Were in Earnest," readers find that the "we were in earnest" chapter title comes from a soldier in which of the following regiments?
(a) 42nd Georgia.
(b) 36th Pennsylvania.
(c) 19th Massachusetts.
(d) 23rd Virginia.

2. During the discussion of alcohol abuse in some regiments, from which state was the sergeant who wrote that the captains were rum suckers?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Indiana.

3. 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?
(a) William E. Miller.
(b) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
(c) Charles Evans Roberts.
(d) Henry J. Minnigh.

4. 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) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 16.
(d) 8.

5. After the battle of Shiloh, which of the following Generals for the 53rd Ohio, promised his men--after an hour lecture--that they would fight with artillery behind them in the next battle?
(a) General George Brinton McClellan.
(b) General James Abram Garfield.
(c) General William T. Sherman.
(d) General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.

6. As McPherson begins to describe the training regimen kept by soldiers, he quotes a young man from Indiana who wrote what relative, complaining a soldier "is not his own man"?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Sister.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Mother.

7. 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) Bull Run.
(b) Gettysburg.
(c) Antietam.
(d) Shiloh.

8. 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?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Injustice.
(c) Subjugation.
(d) Bigotry.

9. 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.

10. While talking about good-luck charms, McPherson notes there were few _____________ in the Civil War.
(a) Women.
(b) Mormons.
(c) Atheists.
(d) African Americans.

11. Toward the end of "Chapter 3: Anxious for the Fray," McPherson notes that men were shocked by war as most of them were in what age group?
(a) 50s.
(b) 20s.
(c) 30s.
(d) 60s.

12. In 1862, a private in the 38th North Carolina wrote to his wife that, if he were to be killed, he hoped to be reunited with his daughter __________.
(a) Mary.
(b) Annie.
(c) Angel.
(d) Molly.

13. 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) Upton Sinclair.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) John Steinbeck.

14. During the discussion of religion, from which state was the private who wrote in 1861 that he wanted to put down the rebellion but hoped the war would end without him having to kill anybody?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Pennsylvania.

15. In 1864, an officer in which regiment wrote of a successful attack on Confederate lines, defending the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg?
(a) 9th Michigan.
(b) 15th Delaware.
(c) 2nd Iowa.
(d) 12th New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Soldiers in the discussion of military coercion stood firm under fire for the Prussian army under the command of ________ because they feared their officers more than the enemy.

3. McPherson notes that at the battle of ___________________ on June 3, 1864, one New York regiment was driven by the Provost Guard at bayonet point.

4. As McPherson recounts the experience of Patrick Cronan, he says that Cronan was a "street bully" who was eventually court martialed and made to wear a board with what word?

5. In the explanation of the Rebel Yell, McPherson quotes a soldier from which state who had said he would never yell during battle, but had anyway?

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