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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 comparing the American Patriots of 1776 to the "Southern Patriots" of 1861, McPherson notes that a famous quote by which of the following was a favorite Southern cry?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) James Madison.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Patrick Henry.

2. 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) North Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Illinois.

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

4. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that John Haley of Maine wrote which of the following?
(a) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.
(b) On the Altar of Freedom.
(c) Hard Marching Every Day.
(d) Hard Tack and Coffee.

5. In his discussion of his ancestor, Jesse Beecher, McPherson says that in 1862 Beecher enlisted with the 112th New York at what age?
(a) 25.
(b) 19.
(c) 43.
(d) 37.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was a favorite word of Confederate recruits, during the discussion of their perceived fate, if the South were to be forced back into the Union?

2. When discussing Southern motives for fighting, McPherson mentions a farmer in the 26th Tennessee who said that all BUT WHICH of the following were at stake?

3. 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?

4. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?

5. Having discussed how the eagerness for battle faded, McPherson goes on to say that soldiers turned to the most pervasive presence: ________?

(see the answer key)

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