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

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

3. Toward the end of "Chapter 3: Anxious for the Fray," McPherson notes that men were shocked by war as most of them were in what age group?
(a) 20s.
(b) 60s.
(c) 30s.
(d) 50s.

4. A private from which state recounted an amazing amount of energy while describing the battle of Gaines Mill?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Texas.

5. After the attack on Fort Sumter, all BUT WHICH of the following states joined the other seven Southern states that had seceded prior to April, 1861?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. 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?

3. After the story from the soldier who experienced the glaze of war during the battle at Gaines Mill, McPherson notes that another term for this phenomenon is what?

4. When McPherson talks about the ways in which the eagerness for battle was not unique to Civil War soldiers, he mentions the same phenomenon during which war?

5. 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?

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