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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Anxious for the Fray.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Soldiers from all BUT WHICH of the following states are mentioned in the discussion of green recruits who wanted to prove their manhood through battle?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Illinois.

2. An experience at Gaines Mill on June 27, 1862, where the Union line slowly began to leak stragglers, was described by a corporal from which state?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Illinois.

3. When discussing soldiers not eager to fight, McPherson says derogatory comments about these men came from officers who had enlisted for all BUT WHICH of these reasons?
(a) Money.
(b) Honor.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Duty.

4. In the discussion of hyped-up battle behavior, McPherson notes that the phenomenon has been described as all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Battle rage.
(b) Military craze.
(c) Combat frenzy.
(d) Fighting madness.

5. In May 1864 the 7th New York was delighted to be ordered into action; they were less excited nine months later after having lost how many men?
(a) 98.
(b) 147.
(c) 309.
(d) 291.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the discussion of the physiological effects of warfare, a chemical reaction in the adrenal gland causes which of the following to be released?

2. Which of the following was a favorite word of Confederate recruits, during the discussion of their perceived fate, if the South were to be forced back into the Union?

3. In "Chapter 3: Anxious for the Fray," soldiers on both sides were afraid the war would be over before they had a chance to do anything, a fear written by a recruit from which regiment?

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

5. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that James Gooding, a black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts, wrote which of the following?

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