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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. In May 1864 the 7th New York was delighted to be ordered into action; they were less excited nine months later after having lost how many men?
(a) 291.
(b) 98.
(c) 147.
(d) 309.

2. 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?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) North Carolina.

3. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Union artilleryman John Billings wrote which of the following?
(a) Hard Marching Every Day.
(b) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.
(c) On the Altar of Freedom.
(d) Hard Tack and Coffee.

4. 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) Military insanity.
(c) Battle craze.
(d) Combat narcosis.

5. How many children does McPherson report that Jesse Beecher had when he enlisted with the 112th New York in 1862?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When McPherson recounts the tale of James and John Welsh, he says that James moved to what state in 1853 and became a Republican?

3. As McPherson discusses the initial impulse that prompted men to enlist on both sides after the raid on Fort Sumter he references which of the following French terms?

4. As McPherson talks about the literacy rates during the Civil War, he says that what percentage of Union soldiers were literate?

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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