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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a soldier was killed at the battle of Dranesville in 1861, his younger brother wrote home to say that everyone's time must come; at what battle was the writer later killed?
(a) Antietam.
(b) Bull Run.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) Shiloh.

2. 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?
(a) Family.
(b) State.
(c) Nation.
(d) Regiment.

3. 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?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

4. As "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers" opens, McPherson says that Civil War soldiers wrote much about all BUT WHICH of these synonyms?
(a) Courage.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Valor.
(d) Tenacity.

5. When a young private predicted the bullet had not been made that would shoot him, McPherson notes he was correct because the private died in what prison?
(a) Andersonville.
(b) Camp Ford.
(c) Elmira.
(d) Point Lookout.

6. 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) Sneaks.
(b) Snivelers.
(c) Stragglers.
(d) Skulkers.

7. During the discussion of leadership, a captain in the 1st North Carolina told his daughter ___________ that he would not be a tree dodger.
(a) Annie.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Mary
(d) Lily.

8. After the attack on Fort Sumter, all BUT WHICH of the following states joined the other seven Southern states that had seceded prior to April, 1861?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Virginia.

9. As McPherson recounts the experience of Patrick Cronan, he says that Cronan was a "street bully" who was eventually court martialed and made to wear a board with what word?
(a) Yankee.
(b) Skunk.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Coward.

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

11. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?
(a) Family.
(b) Reputation.
(c) Class.
(d) Honor.

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

13. When McPherson recounts the tale of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, what name does he say she enlisted under?
(a) Lyons Wakeman.
(b) Thomas Lyons.
(c) Lyons Rose.
(d) Teddy Wakefield.

14. When a Quaker captain in the 5th New Jersey was threatened to be turned out of his faith if he did not resign, he found he could not leave and was later killed in which battle?
(a) Pleasant Hill.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Bull Run.
(d) Second Manassas.

15. During the discussion of good-luck charms and talismans, the author notes that he has not encountered any evidence of Civil War soldiers carrying what common item?
(a) Rabbit's foot.
(b) Horseshoe.
(c) Acorns.
(d) Four leaf clover.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1864, an officer in which regiment wrote of a successful attack on Confederate lines, defending the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg?

2. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that James Gooding, a black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts, wrote which of the following?

3. A private from which state recounted an amazing amount of energy while describing the battle of Gaines Mill?

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. 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?

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