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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. In the discussion of a Louisiana cavalry sergeant who'd been the headmaster of a boys' school prior to enlisting, by what battle does the soldier cite Yankee hatred as his reason to fight?
(a) Belmont.
(b) Mesilla.
(c) Pleasant Hill.
(d) Vicksburg.

2. As "Chapter 12: The Same Holy Cause" opens, McPherson says that Civil War soldiers never heard of all BUT WHICH of the following terms?
(a) Battle fatigue.
(b) Courage.
(c) Shell shock.
(d) Psychiatric casualties.

3. By 1864, when a captain in the 5th Alabama wrote of the burning of Chambersburg, how much money did he say soldiers demanded from their victims' houses?
(a) $75.
(b) $200.
(c) $500.
(d) $800.

4. From which state was the private who wrote in January 1862, after speaking to a slave whose husband had been beaten, that he was convinced of the "cruelty and inhumanity of the system"?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Louisiana.

5. A forty year old captain of the 18th Massachusetts wrote his wife in August 1862 that he'd rather fight for years than for his sons to continue it. In what battle was he killed four months later?
(a) Shiloh.
(b) Bull Run.
(c) Fredericksburg.
(d) Malvern Hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between May 5 and June 22, 1864, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia experienced casualties amounting to what percent of their original strength?

2. Which soldier in the 103rd Ohio denounced the Emancipation Proclamation in letters to family from January to March of 1863?

3. While talking about the difficulties wives left behind faced, McPherson mentions a sergeant in the 21st Ohio whose wife had written that "your country's cause is my cause." What was her name?

4. In the discussion of the psychological and physiological issues soldiers faced in 1864, modern studies have shown that a unit is exhausted if it twice suffers what fraction of casualties?

5. As McPherson discusses the statistics for married men versus unmarried men, what percentage of married soldiers does he say were killed in action?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the discussion of revenge, why does McPherson say that the Confederate army was more motivated by hatred and revenge than the Union?

2. At the close of "Chapter 12: The Same Holy Cause," what final lessons does McPherson hope readers take from the book?

3. After discussing how the conflict between love of family and love of country was a major concern for many Confederate soldiers, how does McPherson say the men resolved this dichotomy?

4. Describe the information and political education level maintained by soldiers in "Chapter 7: On the Altar of My Country."

5. What was meant when some soldiers wrote home about being stuck in a "rich man's war," toward the end of "Chapter 7: On the Altar of My Country"?

6. How did Northern soldiers initially respond when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

7. Why are there no letters from black Union soldiers, according to "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out"?

8. In "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out," what convinced non-abolitionist Union soldiers that slavery was an evil that must be stopped?

9. Under what conditions were black soldiers allowed to join the Confederate army during the final year of the Civil War?

10. Explain the massacres of black soldiers, as discussed in "Chapter 11: Vengeance Will be Our Motto."

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