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

2. 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.

3. When discussing Jesse Beecher's service record, McPherson states that he fought in all BUT WHICH of the following states?
(a) Virginia.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carolina.

4. 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?
(a) Rage militaire.
(b) Vide en haut.
(c) Folie.
(d) Combattre pret.

5. Which of the following states had the strongest convictions about the war, according to the descriptions of Southern motivations for war?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. McPherson quotes a sergeant who had spent the first twenty months of service guarding railroad bridges, as being disgusted with the lack of action. Which state was he from?

2. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Wilbur Fisk, of the 2nd Vermont, wrote which of the following?

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. 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?

5. As McPherson recounts the experience of Patrick Cronan, he says that Cronan was a "street bully" who was eventually court martialed and made to wear a board with what word?

(see the answer key)

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