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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. While talking about historically and politically famous individuals who fought the Civil War, McPherson mentions which of the following Ohio Republican leaders?
(a) James A. Garfield.
(b) William McKinley.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Rutherford B. Hayes.

2. Toward the end of "Chapter 3: Anxious for the Fray," McPherson notes that men were shocked by war as most of them were in what age group?
(a) 50s.
(b) 20s.
(c) 30s.
(d) 60s.

3. Soldiers from all BUT WHICH of the following states are mentioned in the discussion of green recruits who wanted to prove their manhood through battle?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Indiana.

4. In the discussion of the physiological effects of warfare, a chemical reaction in the adrenal gland causes which of the following to be released?
(a) Red blood cells.
(b) Glucose.
(c) Norepinephrine.
(d) Cortisol.

5. As the excitement for battle raced across the country, the governor of Ohio said he could not send the requested thirteen regiments but would send how many?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 16.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. When McPherson says that grousing about war has long been a soldier's privilege, he notes an officer from which state who wrote that these "soldiers will fight like bull dogs"?

2. During the discussion of alcohol abuse in some regiments, from which state was the sergeant who wrote that the captains were rum suckers?

3. As the book opens, McPherson says that he took some Princeton students to Gettysburg in the spring of what year?

4. McPherson notes that at the battle of ___________________ on June 3, 1864, one New York regiment was driven by the Provost Guard at bayonet point.

5. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Union artilleryman John Billings wrote which of the following?

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