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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. From which state was the sergeant, three times wounded, stationed near Vicksburg who described debates in his brigade during the winter of 1863-1964?
(a) Texas.
(b) Illinois.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Virginia.

2. When McPherson and his cousin visit the four Civil War battlefields near Fredericksburg, Virginia, he notes that it is the day after which of the following holidays?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Labor Day.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

3. In May 1864 the 7th New York was delighted to be ordered into action; they were less excited nine months later after having lost how many men?
(a) 309.
(b) 147.
(c) 291.
(d) 98.

4. According to "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined," the ultimate test of leadership was what?
(a) Combat.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Casualties.
(d) Horsemanship.

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) Bravery.
(b) Courage.
(c) Tenacity.
(d) Valor.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When the 7th Vermont was called forward in June 1862, which of the following regiments pouted while Vermont celebrated?

3. 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?

4. In the discussion of the "fighting drunk" terminology, Confederate soldiers were accused of an unlikely combination of whiskey and what?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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