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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, We Were in Earnest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?
(a) Reputation.
(b) Honor.
(c) Class.
(d) Family.

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?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Maine.
(d) Virginia.

3. 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) 16.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 8.

4. 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?
(a) 48.
(b) 53.
(c) 11.
(d) 32.

5. In his discussion of his ancestor, Jesse Beecher, McPherson says that in 1862 Beecher enlisted with the 112th New York at what age?
(a) 25.
(b) 37.
(c) 19.
(d) 43.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story of James and John Welsh, McPherson says that John--who enlisted with the 27th Virginia--was killed during which of the following battles?

2. In the discussion of Southern propaganda, a planter wrote his wife of the defense of innocent women from the "lecherous Northern hirelings." From which state was this soldier?

3. Which of the following states had the strongest convictions about the war, according to the descriptions of Southern motivations for war?

4. In May 1861, a lieutenant in a Pennsylvania regiment wrote he would not enlist for a period longer than ________, unless his country needed him, in which case he'd enlist for life.

5. At the end of "Chapter Two: We Were in Earnest," readers find that the "we were in earnest" chapter title comes from a soldier in which of the following regiments?

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