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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Same Holy Cause.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As "Chapter 2: We Were in Earnest" opens, McPherson says that another name for the Civil War is what?
(a) The Brothers' War.
(b) The Slavery War.
(c) The Confederate War.
(d) The Union War.

2. After the battle of Fredericksburg, which famous writer visited his brother, a lieutenant in the 51st New York, after the man had been wounded?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Upton Sinclair.
(d) John Steinbeck.

3. A private in the 1st Virginia reported, after the battle of Sharpsburg, that a man in the 24th Virginia was whipped publicly for cowardice; how many lashes did the man receive?
(a) 28.
(b) 39.
(c) 16.
(d) 42.

4. Between May 5 and June 22, 1864, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia experienced casualties amounting to what percent of their original strength?
(a) 49%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 38%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Officers appropriated comfortable houses while enlisted men froze in tents in Nashville during November 1864. From what state was the private who complained in his letters?

2. During the discussion of leadership, a captain in the 1st North Carolina told his daughter ___________ that he would not be a tree dodger.

3. When McPherson says that Confederates sought to preserve their honor by killing black soldiers who tried to surrender, which place is NOT a documented occurrence of massacres?

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

5. After the story from the soldier who experienced the glaze of war during the battle at Gaines Mill, McPherson notes that another term for this phenomenon is what?

(see the answer key)

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