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

2. During his visit to the four Civil War battlefields near Fredericksburg, McPherson thinks about the fighting that happened on May 12, 1864; for how many hours did the battle last?
(a) 18.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 27.

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

4. After the battle of Chancellorville, a lieutenant in the 17th Connecticut wrote home that the captain had resigned and gone home; what was the captain's name?
(a) Captain Thomas.
(b) Captain Marks.
(c) Captain Sully.
(d) Captain Lucy.

5. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that John Haley of Maine wrote which of the following?
(a) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.
(b) On the Altar of Freedom.
(c) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(d) Hard Marching Every Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the discussion of "short-timers" psychology, the author notes the pride and honor of a soldier were bound up with the pride and honor of all BUT WHICH of these?

2. While attempting to define the "glorious institutions" that kept men fighting during the Civil War, a soldier from which state defined it as "the guaranty of the rights of property, liberty of action, freedom of thought, religion...that kind of government that shall assure life liberty & the pursuit of happiness"?

3. During the story of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, what is the name of the battle in which she fought?

4. After a Texas soldier wrote his wife in 1863 that he hoped a friend would shoot him if ever he showed the "white feather," he was killed during which of these battles?

5. After the battle of Seven Pines, a captain from which state wrote that he was fine as long as there was battle but that afterward he was quite sick for a few days?

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