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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. From which state was the soldier who felt that religion was what made brave soldiers, during the discussion of Civil War faith?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Massachusetts.
2. Toward the end of "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson quotes which of the following theorists in relation to ideal primary groups?
(a) Edward Millicent.
(b) Omar Bartov.
(c) William Jennings.
(d) J.R. Merkins.
3. When a Quaker captain in the 5th New Jersey was threatened to be turned out of his faith if he did not resign, he found he could not leave and was later killed in which battle?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Second Manassas.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Pleasant Hill.
4. After the battle of Fredericksburg, which famous writer visited his brother, a lieutenant in the 51st New York, after the man had been wounded?
(a) Upton Sinclair.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Henry James.
5. As McPherson discusses religion's role in the Civil War, he notes that a lieutenant from New Jersey who fought in the conflict was what religion?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Quaker.
(c) Atheist.
(d) Mormon.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. After the discussion of "short-timers" psychology, McPherson notes what percentage of 3-year enlisted Union soldiers from 1861 reenlisted?
3. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?
4. During the Bristoe campaign, from which state was the sergeant who disobeyed a surgeon's order to go to the hospital because he was afraid of the suspicion attached?
5. After the battle of Fredericksburg, the 10th New York had fought six battles in as many months and had lost all but how many men?
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