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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. In the explanation of the Rebel Yell, McPherson quotes a soldier from which state who had said he would never yell during battle, but had anyway?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

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

3. While talking about historically and politically famous individuals who fought the Civil War, McPherson mentions which of the following Ohio Republican leaders?
(a) James A. Garfield.
(b) William McKinley.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Rutherford B. Hayes.

4. 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) 27.
(b) 18.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.

5. 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?
(a) 8th Georgia.
(b) 23rd Virginia.
(c) 2nd Michigan.
(d) 18th Mississippi.

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 duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?

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

4. 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.

5. When the 7th Vermont was called forward in June 1862, which of the following regiments pouted while Vermont celebrated?

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