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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. McPherson notes that at the battle of ___________________ on June 3, 1864, one New York regiment was driven by the Provost Guard at bayonet point.
(a) Cold Harbor.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Peach Tree Creek.
(d) Wilderness.

2. As McPherson discusses the initial impulse that prompted men to enlist on both sides after the raid on Fort Sumter he references which of the following French terms?
(a) Vide en haut.
(b) Combattre pret.
(c) Rage militaire.
(d) Folie.

3. During the discussion of leadership, a captain in the 1st North Carolina told his daughter ___________ that he would not be a tree dodger.
(a) Annie.
(b) Mary
(c) Lily.
(d) Caroline.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers" opens by saying that like _________, bullets fall on the just and unjust alike.

3. While talking about good-luck charms, McPherson notes there were few _____________ in the Civil War.

4. After the story from the soldier who experienced the glaze of war during the battle at Gaines Mill, McPherson notes that another term for this phenomenon is what?

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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