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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 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?
(a) Germany.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Russia.
(d) Poland.

2. During his visit to the four Civil War battlefields near Fredericksburg, McPherson thinks about the fighting that happened on May 12, 1864; for how many hours did the battle last?
(a) 18.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 27.

3. 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 Marching Every Day.
(c) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(d) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.

4. 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) 43.
(c) 19.
(d) 37.

5. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that John Haley of Maine wrote which of the following?
(a) Hard Marching Every Day.
(b) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.
(c) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(d) On the Altar of Freedom.

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. 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.

3. When McPherson and his cousin visit the four Civil War battlefields near Fredericksburg, Virginia, he notes that it is the day after which of the following holidays?

4. As McPherson talks about the literacy rates during the Civil War, he says that what percentage of Union soldiers were literate?

5. 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?

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