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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. Toward the end of "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson quotes which of the following theorists in relation to ideal primary groups?
(a) Edward Millicent.
(b) J.R. Merkins.
(c) William Jennings.
(d) Omar Bartov.

2. In the discussion of the "fighting drunk" terminology, Confederate soldiers were accused of an unlikely combination of whiskey and what?
(a) Acid.
(b) Water.
(c) Tobacco leaves.
(d) Gunpowder.

3. During the discussion of the Confederate response to the Emancipation Proclamation, what percentage of the sample 429 Confederate letters voiced pro-slavery arguments?
(a) 40%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 65%.

4. While talking about religious fatalism, McPherson says that more soldiers were practical Arminians than strict __________________.
(a) Protestants.
(b) Fatalists.
(c) Predestinations.
(d) Calvinists.

5. 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) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. During the discussion of leadership, a captain in the 1st North Carolina told his daughter ___________ that he would not be a tree dodger.

4. At the end of "Chapter 7: On the Altar of My Country," McPherson says what percentage of the soldiers that comprised his sample material lost their lives in action?

5. When a captain from the 1st Connecticut Cavalry wrote about soldiers who shirk their duty, he said that in the company of sixty men only how many were in line?

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