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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, If I Flinched, I Was Ruined.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Soldiers in the discussion of military coercion stood firm under fire for the Prussian army under the command of ________ because they feared their officers more than the enemy.
(a) Frederick William I.
(b) Frederick the Great.
(c) Gerhard von Scharnhorst.
(d) Napoleon Bonaparte.

2. When discussing Southern motives for fighting, McPherson mentions a farmer in the 26th Tennessee who said that all BUT WHICH of the following were at stake?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Life.
(c) Property.
(d) Liberty.

3. 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) Combat narcosis.
(b) Enraged glory.
(c) Battle craze.
(d) Military insanity.

4. When discussing the movie "Gettysburg" and the novel "The Killer Angels," McPherson mentions which man who won the medal of honor for defending Little Big Top?
(a) William E. Miller.
(b) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
(c) Henry J. Minnigh.
(d) Charles Evans Roberts.

5. A private from which state recounted an amazing amount of energy while describing the battle of Gaines Mill?
(a) Texas.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. The end of "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined" says Civil War soldiers came from a society that prized all BUT WHICH of the following?

2. After the battle of Fredericksburg, the 10th New York had fought six battles in as many months and had lost all but how many men?

3. During his visit to the four Civil War battlefields near Fredericksburg, McPherson thinks about the fighting that happened on May 12, 1864; for how many hours did the battle last?

4. 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?

5. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?

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