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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 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.
(a) 9 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 3 months.

2. 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) 75,000.
(b) 150,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 500,000.

3. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that James Gooding, a black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts, wrote which of the following?
(a) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(b) Hard Marching Every Day.
(c) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.
(d) On The Altar of Freedom.

4. 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) 36th Pennsylvania.
(b) 19th Massachusetts.
(c) 42nd Georgia.
(d) 23rd Virginia.

5. An experience at Gaines Mill on June 27, 1862, where the Union line slowly began to leak stragglers, was described by a corporal from which state?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Illinois.
(d) North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing Jesse Beecher's service record, McPherson states that he fought in all BUT WHICH of the following states?

2. In the discussion of the battle energy, an anemic Yale graduate--who later died at 26--recounted that the double-quick was not a fast enough pace; what disease did the man have?

3. In the discussion of religious fatalism, what is described as the most dangerous position in the infantry?

4. During "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers," which military historian is quoted from his book, "Men Against Fire"?

5. 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?

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