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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 19th Massachusetts.
(b) 42nd Georgia.
(c) 36th Pennsylvania.
(d) 23rd Virginia.

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

3. McPherson tells of a sergeant in the 20th Indiana during the Mine Run campaign who'd left _____________ to enlist.
(a) Politics.
(b) Farming.
(c) Medical school.
(d) Fiancee.

4. During the story of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, what is the name of the battle in which she fought?
(a) Fort Macon.
(b) Middle Creek.
(c) Pleasant Hill.
(d) New Bern.

5. How many children does McPherson report that Jesse Beecher had when he enlisted with the 112th New York in 1862?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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. 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?

4. 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.

5. Which of the following was a major in the 19th Iowa, described in "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined," who would walk and let injured men ride his horse?

(see the answer key)

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