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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following Generals retrieved his character during the Battle of Fair Oaks?
(a) General Mercer Tomlinson.
(b) General James Thomas.
(c) General Lewis Armistead.
(d) General Willis Gorman.

2. 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) 12th Georgia.
(b) 20th Massachusetts.
(c) 21st Texas.
(d) 5th Arkansas.

3. From which state was the soldier who wrote religious poetry while lying in the trenches, during the battle of Vicksburg?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Ohio.

4. Toward the end of "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson quotes which of the following theorists in relation to ideal primary groups?
(a) Edward Millicent.
(b) Omar Bartov.
(c) William Jennings.
(d) J.R. Merkins.

5. Which of the following states had the strongest convictions about the war, according to the descriptions of Southern motivations for war?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the battle of Fredericksburg, which famous writer visited his brother, a lieutenant in the 51st New York, after the man had been wounded?

2. In the discussion of the officers' views on training, which of the following did a captain in the 85th New York NOT believe would get men to fight well?

3. As "Chapter 2: We Were in Earnest" opens, McPherson says that another name for the Civil War is what?

4. 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?

5. In July 1861, what battle caused Northern volunteers to flock to the army?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the discussion of religion, how did Christian soldiers reconcile the war with the commandment to "turn the other cheek"?

2. McPherson says that duty and honor were powerful motives for battle, and then goes on to say that they had to be because what modern elements were lacking in Civil War-era soldiers?

3. What generally happened to the relationships between soldiers and officers after they went through a battle together, as discussed in "Chapter 4: If I Flinched, I was Ruined"?

4. Why, according to "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers," does religion make soldiers brave?

5. Why, in "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," were disparaging remarks between regiments so common?

6. What ideological concepts and convictions initially motivated the Confederate soldiers to enlist and fight, as discussed by McPherson in his analysis of the beginning of the war?

7. In "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," what three synonyms did Civil War soldiers write a great deal about?

8. When discussing his framework for the book, what three categories does McPherson say he has used and borrowed from John A. Lynn?

9. After the discussion of courage, bravery, and valor, what fear does McPherson say Civil War soldiers wrote even more about than the three-part concept of honor?

10. What conclusion is reached about the role of religion as a motivating factor at the end of "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers"?

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