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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. Which of the following Generals retrieved his character during the Battle of Fair Oaks?
(a) General Willis Gorman.
(b) General Mercer Tomlinson.
(c) General Lewis Armistead.
(d) General James Thomas.

2. McPherson tells of a sergeant in the 20th Indiana during the Mine Run campaign who'd left _____________ to enlist.
(a) Politics.
(b) Medical school.
(c) Farming.
(d) Fiancee.

3. 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?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Indiana.

4. When a sergeant in the 8th Georgia wrote to his family in 1863 that he would willingly sacrifice his life upon the altar of his country, readers learn that he did so in which battle?
(a) Gettysburg.
(b) Bull Run.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Second Manassas.

5. During the discussion of primary group cohesion, a soldier in the 122nd New York wrote to his sister in response to how he kept going through all BUT WHICH of these battles?
(a) Cold Harbor.
(b) Spotsylvania.
(c) Pleasant Hill.
(d) Petersburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which state was the soldier who felt that religion was what made brave soldiers, during the discussion of Civil War faith?

2. When discussing the movie "Gettysburg" and the novel "The Killer Angels," McPherson mentions which man who won the medal of honor for defending Little Big Top?

3. In the discussion of the physiological effects of warfare, a chemical reaction in the adrenal gland causes which of the following to be released?

4. In July 1861, what battle caused Northern volunteers to flock to the army?

5. After the discussion of the conflict between love of family and love of country, McPherson quotes an Alabama soldier as saying he worried for his wife if they failed. What was his wife's name?

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