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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. 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?
(a) Grandson.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Brother-in-law.
(d) Uncle.

2. In the discussion of the battle energy, an anemic Yale graduate--who later died at 26--recounted that the double-quick was not a fast enough pace; what disease did the man have?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Bright's disease.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. When McPherson recounts the tale of James and John Welsh, he says that James moved to what state in 1853 and became a Republican?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Maine.

4. After the battle of Seven Pines, a captain from which state wrote that he was fine as long as there was battle but that afterward he was quite sick for a few days?
(a) Georgia.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. 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?
(a) 68.
(b) 320.
(c) 130.
(d) 240.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As McPherson recounts the experience of Patrick Cronan, he says that Cronan was a "street bully" who was eventually court martialed and made to wear a board with what word?

3. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Union artilleryman John Billings wrote which of the following?

4. When McPherson and his cousin visit the four Civil War battlefields near Fredericksburg, Virginia, he notes that it is the day after which of the following holidays?

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?

(see the answer key)

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