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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. According to the quote from John W. DeForest in "Chapter 1: This War is a Crusade," the man who does not dread to die or be mutilated is a what?
(a) Young.
(b) Religious.
(c) Hero.
(d) Lunatic.

2. 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) Russia.
(c) Poland.
(d) Ireland.

3. When the 7th Vermont was called forward in June 1862, which of the following regiments pouted while Vermont celebrated?
(a) 9th Pennsylvania.
(b) 14th Vermont.
(c) 12th Connecticut.
(d) 2nd Ohio.

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

5. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Wilbur Fisk, of the 2nd Vermont, wrote which of the following?
(a) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(b) On the Altar of Freedom.
(c) Hard Marching Every Day.
(d) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the battle of Fredericksburg, the 10th New York had fought six battles in as many months and had lost all but how many men?

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

3. As McPherson describes how soldiers on both sides were spoiling for a fight, he mentions an expression denoting exciting experiences: see the _________?

4. As McPherson discusses the officer in the 4th Alabama, who was determined to fight a "black republican" leader, he reveals that leader is what relation to him?

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?

(see the answer key)

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