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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. 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?
(a) Major Tommy Byron.
(b) Major Myron Burroughs.
(c) Major Kit Chancellor.
(d) Major Dan Kent.

2. In the discussion of the officers' views on training, which of the following did a captain in the 85th New York NOT believe would get men to fight well?
(a) Drill.
(b) Food.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Leadership.

3. By 1863, McPherson states, trouble and sorrow in the dis-United States was almost beyond calculation, as the war had claimed how many lives?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 150,000.

4. After a soldier was killed at the battle of Dranesville in 1861, his younger brother wrote home to say that everyone's time must come; at what battle was the writer later killed?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Gettysburg.
(c) Antietam.
(d) Shiloh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined" opens, which of the following is NOT a traditional means of motivating soldiers to fight?

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

3. 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?

4. A private in the 1st Virginia reported, after the battle of Sharpsburg, that a man in the 24th Virginia was whipped publicly for cowardice; how many lashes did the man receive?

5. During the story of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, what is the name of the battle in which she fought?

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