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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Band of Brothers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 150,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 300,000.

2. In "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers," a man from which state wrote he didn't feel he had any right to ask God for exemption from harm?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Massachusetts.

3. When McPherson says that grousing about war has long been a soldier's privilege, he notes an officer from which state who wrote that these "soldiers will fight like bull dogs"?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Georgia.

4. From which state was the soldier who felt that religion was what made brave soldiers, during the discussion of Civil War faith?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. As "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers" opens, McPherson says that Civil War soldiers wrote much about all BUT WHICH of these synonyms?
(a) Valor.
(b) Courage.
(c) Tenacity.
(d) Bravery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson states that in the Confederacy, which state endured a great deal of disdain from other states?

2. 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?

3. After the battle of Seven Pines, a captain from which state wrote that he was fine as long as there was battle but that afterward he was quite sick for a few days?

4. During the discussion of good-luck charms and talismans, the author notes that he has not encountered any evidence of Civil War soldiers carrying what common item?

5. During the battle of Fredericksburg, from which state was the corporal who wrote his diary that he was sick, and if not for being thought a sneak, he wouldn't be in the ranks that day?

(see the answer key)

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