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

2. 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) 60s.
(b) 30s.
(c) 50s.
(d) 20s.

3. 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) Hero.
(b) Lunatic.
(c) Young.
(d) Religious.

4. Having discussed how the eagerness for battle faded, McPherson goes on to say that soldiers turned to the most pervasive presence: ________?
(a) Fear.
(b) Disease.
(c) Cowardice.
(d) Anger.

5. 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) Illinois.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Chapter Two: We Were in Earnest," readers find that the "we were in earnest" chapter title comes from a soldier in which of the following regiments?

2. As the excitement for battle raced across the country, the governor of Ohio said he could not send the requested thirteen regiments but would send how many?

3. In his discussion of those soldiers who were not so heroic, McPherson mentions that these men were referred to as all BUT WHICH of the following?

4. In the discussion of hyped-up battle behavior, McPherson notes that the phenomenon has been described as all BUT WHICH of the following?

5. McPherson quotes a sergeant who had spent the first twenty months of service guarding railroad bridges, as being disgusted with the lack of action. Which state was he from?

(see the answer key)

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