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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 July 1861, what battle caused Northern volunteers to flock to the army?
(a) Gettysburg.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Chancellorville.
(d) Bull Run.

2. As McPherson discusses the initial impulse that prompted men to enlist on both sides after the raid on Fort Sumter he references which of the following French terms?
(a) Combattre pret.
(b) Vide en haut.
(c) Folie.
(d) Rage militaire.

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

4. 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?
(a) Henry J. Minnigh.
(b) William E. Miller.
(c) Charles Evans Roberts.
(d) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that John Haley of Maine wrote which of the following?

2. In his discussion of his ancestor, Jesse Beecher, McPherson says that in 1862 Beecher enlisted with the 112th New York at what age?

3. 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?

4. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?

5. As the book opens, McPherson says that he took some Princeton students to Gettysburg in the spring of what year?

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