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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. In "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson states that in the Confederacy, which state endured a great deal of disdain from other states?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Texas.
(c) Virginia.
(d) North Carolina.

2. In the story of James and John Welsh, McPherson says that John--who enlisted with the 27th Virginia--was killed during which of the following battles?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Chancellorville.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) Shiloh.

3. After the discussion of "short-timers" psychology, McPherson notes what percentage of 3-year enlisted Union soldiers from 1861 reenlisted?
(a) 75%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 100%.

4. After the discussion of "short-timers" psychology, the author notes the pride and honor of a soldier were bound up with the pride and honor of all BUT WHICH of these?
(a) Nation.
(b) Regiment.
(c) Family.
(d) State.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the discussion of leadership, which of the following Generals had a very different reputation at Gettysburg than he had earlier at Malvern Hill?

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

3. After the discussion of the conflict between love of family and love of country, McPherson quotes an Alabama soldier as saying he worried for his wife if they failed. What was his wife's name?

4. When a Quaker captain in the 5th New Jersey was threatened to be turned out of his faith if he did not resign, he found he could not leave and was later killed in which battle?

5. As McPherson discusses the officer in the 4th Alabama, who was determined to fight a "black republican" leader, he reveals that leader is what relation to him?

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