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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. As McPherson talks about the literacy rates during the Civil War, he says that what percentage of Union soldiers were literate?
(a) 90%.
(b) 65%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 75%.

2. When discussing the mark of honor, which of the following did Civil War soldiers most wish to avoid?
(a) Death.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Battle.
(d) Notoriety.

3. 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.

4. In the discussion of Southern propaganda, a planter wrote his wife of the defense of innocent women from the "lecherous Northern hirelings." From which state was this soldier?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Virginia.

5. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?
(a) Honor.
(b) Reputation.
(c) Family.
(d) Class.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soldiers from all BUT WHICH of the following states are mentioned in the discussion of green recruits who wanted to prove their manhood through battle?

2. When McPherson talks about the ways in which the eagerness for battle was not unique to Civil War soldiers, he mentions the same phenomenon during which war?

3. A private from which state recounted an amazing amount of energy while describing the battle of Gaines Mill?

4. In the discussion of the physiological effects of warfare, a chemical reaction in the adrenal gland causes which of the following to be released?

5. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that John Haley of Maine wrote which of the following?

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