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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, We Know That We are Supported at Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a twenty-five year old soldier in the 2nd Vermont married his fiancee during a furlough in "Chapter 10: We Know That We are Supported at Home," how many months was he with her during the first year of marriage?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

2. "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers" opens by saying that like _________, bullets fall on the just and unjust alike.
(a) Rain.
(b) Age.
(c) Death.
(d) Snow.

3. During the discussion of what sustained soldiers during the Civil War, what does McPherson say was a dominant theme in the letters home?
(a) Anger.
(b) Courage.
(c) Homesickness.
(d) Despair.

4. 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?
(a) Self-reliance.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Individualism.
(d) Obedience.

5. 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) Norepinephrine.
(b) Glucose.
(c) Cortisol.
(d) Red blood cells.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Seven Days battles, the 83rd Pennsylvania suffered what percentage of casualties?

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. From which state was the major whose letter home during the summer of 1862 contained the line "slavery must be cleaned out," from which the title of the chapter was inspired?

4. During the discussion of primary group cohesion, McPherson says it has existed since time immemorial but was studied during World War II in all BUT WHICH of these soldiers?

5. When a Quaker captain in the 5th New Jersey was threatened to be turned out of his faith if he did not resign, he found he could not leave and was later killed in which battle?

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