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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 the discussion of the battle energy, an anemic Yale graduate--who later died at 26--recounted that the double-quick was not a fast enough pace; what disease did the man have?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Bright's disease.
(d) Tuberculosis.

2. In July 1861, what battle caused Northern volunteers to flock to the army?
(a) Shiloh.
(b) Chancellorville.
(c) Bull Run.
(d) Gettysburg.

3. In the explanation of the Rebel Yell, McPherson quotes a soldier from which state who had said he would never yell during battle, but had anyway?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Virginia.

4. After the attack on Fort Sumter, all BUT WHICH of the following states joined the other seven Southern states that had seceded prior to April, 1861?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

5. 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?
(a) 23rd Virginia.
(b) 19th Massachusetts.
(c) 36th Pennsylvania.
(d) 42nd Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Which of the following was a favorite word of Confederate recruits, during the discussion of their perceived fate, if the South were to be forced back into the Union?

4. Which of the following was a major in the 19th Iowa, described in "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined," who would walk and let injured men ride his horse?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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