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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. In the discussion of religious fatalism, what is described as the most dangerous position in the infantry?
(a) Rifleman.
(b) Color bearer.
(c) Drummer boy.
(d) Artilleryman.

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?
(a) 5th Arkansas.
(b) 12th Georgia.
(c) 20th Massachusetts.
(d) 21st Texas.

3. As the book opens, McPherson says that he took some Princeton students to Gettysburg in the spring of what year?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1962.

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) Hard Marching Every Day.
(c) On the Altar of Freedom.
(d) Hard Tack and Coffee.

5. When the 7th Vermont was called forward in June 1862, which of the following regiments pouted while Vermont celebrated?
(a) 2nd Ohio.
(b) 14th Vermont.
(c) 12th Connecticut.
(d) 9th Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the discussion of alcohol abuse in some regiments, from which state was the sergeant who wrote that the captains were rum suckers?

2. As McPherson describes how soldiers on both sides were spoiling for a fight, he mentions an expression denoting exciting experiences: see the _________?

3. While talking about historically and politically famous individuals who fought the Civil War, McPherson mentions which of the following Ohio Republican leaders?

4. 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?

5. In 1862, a private in the 38th North Carolina wrote to his wife that, if he were to be killed, he hoped to be reunited with his daughter __________.

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