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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. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that James Gooding, a black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts, wrote which of the following?
(a) On The Altar of Freedom.
(b) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(c) Hard Marching Every Day.
(d) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.

2. 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?
(a) Gettysburg.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Bull Run.
(d) Chancellorville.

3. When discussing Southern motives for fighting, McPherson mentions a farmer in the 26th Tennessee who said that all BUT WHICH of the following were at stake?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Property.
(c) Life.
(d) Liberty.

4. As the book opens, McPherson says that he took some Princeton students to Gettysburg in the spring of what year?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1984.

5. 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"?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When an immigrant worker in a Philadelphia textile mill wrote to his father to explain his enlistment, he said if secession were allowed, the United States might end up worse than what country?

3. As McPherson discusses the officer in the 4th Alabama, who was determined to fight a "black republican" leader, he reveals that leader is what relation to him?

4. When comparing the American Patriots of 1776 to the "Southern Patriots" of 1861, McPherson notes that a famous quote by which of the following was a favorite Southern cry?

5. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Wilbur Fisk, of the 2nd Vermont, wrote which of the following?

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