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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. When McPherson recounts the tale of James and John Welsh, he says that James moved to what state in 1853 and became a Republican?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Maine.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Virginia.

2. 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?
(a) Pleasant Hill.
(b) Spotsylvania.
(c) Cold Harbor.
(d) Petersburg.

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

4. 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) 16.
(b) 28.
(c) 42.
(d) 39.

5. In the spring of 1862, soldiers from which state felt a redoubled commitment to the war effort when large portions of their home state fell to the "insolent invader"?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. After the battle of Seven Pines, a captain from which state wrote that he was fine as long as there was battle but that afterward he was quite sick for a few days?

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