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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. As McPherson discusses religion's role in the Civil War, he notes that a lieutenant from New Jersey who fought in the conflict was what religion?
(a) Quaker.
(b) Mormon.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Atheist.

2. 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) 42nd Georgia.
(b) 19th Massachusetts.
(c) 36th Pennsylvania.
(d) 23rd Virginia.

3. The end of "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined" says Civil War soldiers came from a society that prized all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Individualism.
(b) Self-reliance.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Freedom.

4. In the discussion of hyped-up battle behavior, McPherson notes that the phenomenon has been described as all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Battle rage.
(b) Combat frenzy.
(c) Military craze.
(d) Fighting madness.

5. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Wilbur Fisk, of the 2nd Vermont, wrote which of the following?
(a) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(b) On the Altar of Freedom.
(c) Hard Marching Every Day.
(d) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During the battle of Fair Oaks, Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., swore he would shoot the first man who ran, in which of the following regiments?

3. In "Chapter 3: Anxious for the Fray," soldiers on both sides were afraid the war would be over before they had a chance to do anything, a fear written by a recruit from which regiment?

4. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that James Gooding, a black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts, wrote which of the following?

5. Officers appropriated comfortable houses while enlisted men froze in tents in Nashville during November 1864. From what state was the private who complained in his letters?

(see the answer key)

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