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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. Which of the following was a favorite word of Confederate recruits, during the discussion of their perceived fate, if the South were to be forced back into the Union?
(a) Subjugation.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Bigotry.
(d) Injustice.

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

3. In the discussion of hyped-up battle behavior, McPherson notes that the phenomenon has been described as all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Military craze.
(b) Fighting madness.
(c) Battle rage.
(d) Combat frenzy.

4. While talking about religious fatalism, McPherson says that more soldiers were practical Arminians than strict __________________.
(a) Calvinists.
(b) Protestants.
(c) Predestinations.
(d) Fatalists.

5. In the discussion of the physiological effects of warfare, a chemical reaction in the adrenal gland causes which of the following to be released?
(a) Glucose.
(b) Cortisol.
(c) Red blood cells.
(d) Norepinephrine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Wilbur Fisk, of the 2nd Vermont, wrote which of the following?

2. When a captain from the 1st Connecticut Cavalry wrote about soldiers who shirk their duty, he said that in the company of sixty men only how many were in line?

3. 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.

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

5. During the discussion of "short-timers" psychology in the Union army, what was the name of the rule that prevented this phenomenon in the Confederate army?

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