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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. How many children does McPherson report that Jesse Beecher had when he enlisted with the 112th New York in 1862?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. 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) 11.
(b) 48.
(c) 32.
(d) 53.

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

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

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) Pennsylvania.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. 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?

4. In his discussion of those soldiers who were not so heroic, McPherson mentions that these men were referred to as all BUT WHICH of the following?

5. When McPherson recounts the tale of James and John Welsh, he says that James moved to what state in 1853 and became a Republican?

(see the answer key)

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