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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Slavery Must be Cleaned Out.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. McPherson quotes a sergeant who had spent the first twenty months of service guarding railroad bridges, as being disgusted with the lack of action. Which state was he from?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Illinois.

2. After the story from the soldier who experienced the glaze of war during the battle at Gaines Mill, McPherson notes that another term for this phenomenon is what?
(a) Enraged glory.
(b) Combat narcosis.
(c) Military insanity.
(d) Battle craze.

3. From which state was the lieutenant who wrote in March 1862 that he would never "be instrumental in returning a slave to his master in any way shape or manner, I'll die first"?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. In the discussion of the battle energy, an anemic Yale graduate--who later died at 26--recounted that the double-quick was not a fast enough pace; what disease did the man have?
(a) Bright's disease.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Scarlet fever.

5. During the Seven Days battles, the 83rd Pennsylvania suffered what percentage of casualties?
(a) 50%.
(b) 98%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 75%.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a Texas soldier wrote his wife in 1863 that he hoped a friend would shoot him if ever he showed the "white feather," he was killed during which of these battles?

2. 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?

3. Which individual was one of the highest-ranking Jewish officials during the war, who denounced the Emancipation Proclamation to his wife in January 1863?

4. A private from which state recounted an amazing amount of energy while describing the battle of Gaines Mill?

5. During the discussion of "short-timers" psychology in the Union army, what was the name of the rule that prevented this phenomenon in the Confederate army?

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