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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, On the Altar of My Country.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A private in the 1st Virginia reported, after the battle of Sharpsburg, that a man in the 24th Virginia was whipped publicly for cowardice; how many lashes did the man receive?
(a) 28.
(b) 39.
(c) 42.
(d) 16.

3. After the battle of Chancellorville, a lieutenant in the 17th Connecticut wrote home that the captain had resigned and gone home; what was the captain's name?
(a) Captain Thomas.
(b) Captain Marks.
(c) Captain Sully.
(d) Captain Lucy.

4. During the discussion of leadership, a captain in the 1st North Carolina told his daughter ___________ that he would not be a tree dodger.
(a) Mary
(b) Annie.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Lily.

5. When McPherson talks about the ways in which the eagerness for battle was not unique to Civil War soldiers, he mentions the same phenomenon during which war?
(a) Revolutionary War.
(b) World War I.
(c) Vietnam War.
(d) World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which of the following states had the strongest convictions about the war, according to the descriptions of Southern motivations for war?

3. While talking about historically and politically famous individuals who fought the Civil War, McPherson mentions which of the following Ohio Republican leaders?

4. 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?

5. When a Pennsylvania cavalry corporal wrote his mother in 1863, he listed his obligations to duty. In what position did he place his obligation to his mother?

(see the answer key)

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