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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Cause of Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the discussion of alcohol abuse in some regiments, from which state was the sergeant who wrote that the captains were rum suckers?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Virginia.

2. As McPherson discusses the officer in the 4th Alabama, who was determined to fight a "black republican" leader, he reveals that leader is what relation to him?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Brother-in-law.
(d) Grandson.

3. In July 1861, what battle caused Northern volunteers to flock to the army?
(a) Chancellorville.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Bull Run.
(d) Gettysburg.

4. 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?
(a) 12th Georgia.
(b) 20th Massachusetts.
(c) 21st Texas.
(d) 5th Arkansas.

5. In his discussion of those soldiers who were not so heroic, McPherson mentions that these men were referred to as all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Skulkers.
(b) Sneaks.
(c) Stragglers.
(d) Snivelers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing soldiers not eager to fight, McPherson says derogatory comments about these men came from officers who had enlisted for all BUT WHICH of these reasons?

2. As McPherson begins to describe the training regimen kept by soldiers, he quotes a young man from Indiana who wrote what relative, complaining a soldier "is not his own man"?

3. In the discussion of religious fatalism, what is described as the most dangerous position in the infantry?

4. In the discussion of the battle energy, an anemic Yale graduate--who later died at 26--recounted that the double-quick was not a fast enough pace; what disease did the man have?

5. As McPherson describes how soldiers on both sides were spoiling for a fight, he mentions an expression denoting exciting experiences: see the _________?

(see the answer key)

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