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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Shiloh.
(b) Pleasant Hill.
(c) Bull Run.
(d) Second Manassas.

2. Toward the end of "Chapter 3: Anxious for the Fray," McPherson notes that men were shocked by war as most of them were in what age group?
(a) 20s.
(b) 30s.
(c) 60s.
(d) 50s.

3. In the discussion of hyped-up battle behavior, McPherson notes that the phenomenon has been described as all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Fighting madness.
(b) Combat frenzy.
(c) Military craze.
(d) Battle rage.

4. 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) Virginia.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Ohio.

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

6. Which of the following Generals retrieved his character during the Battle of Fair Oaks?
(a) General Mercer Tomlinson.
(b) General Lewis Armistead.
(c) General Willis Gorman.
(d) General James Thomas.

7. From which state was the soldier who wrote religious poetry while lying in the trenches, during the battle of Vicksburg?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Massachusetts.

8. When McPherson recounts the tale of James and John Welsh, he says that James moved to what state in 1853 and became a Republican?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Maine.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Iowa.

9. In the discussion of the "fighting drunk" terminology, Confederate soldiers were accused of an unlikely combination of whiskey and what?
(a) Acid.
(b) Water.
(c) Tobacco leaves.
(d) Gunpowder.

10. 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) Labor Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Easter.

11. 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) 42.
(c) 39.
(d) 16.

12. Toward the end of "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson quotes which of the following theorists in relation to ideal primary groups?
(a) William Jennings.
(b) Edward Millicent.
(c) Omar Bartov.
(d) J.R. Merkins.

13. In his discussion of his ancestor, Jesse Beecher, McPherson says that in 1862 Beecher enlisted with the 112th New York at what age?
(a) 37.
(b) 43.
(c) 19.
(d) 25.

14. The end of "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined" says Civil War soldiers came from a society that prized all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Individualism.
(b) Self-reliance.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Freedom.

15. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that James Gooding, a black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts, wrote which of the following?
(a) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(b) On The Altar of Freedom.
(c) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.
(d) Hard Marching Every Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the discussion of religion, from which state was the private who wrote in 1861 that he wanted to put down the rebellion but hoped the war would end without him having to kill anybody?

2. McPherson notes that at the battle of ___________________ on June 3, 1864, one New York regiment was driven by the Provost Guard at bayonet point.

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

4. McPherson quotes a sergeant who had spent the first twenty months of service guarding railroad bridges, as being disgusted with the lack of action. Which state was he from?

5. Soldiers in the discussion of military coercion stood firm under fire for the Prussian army under the command of ________ because they feared their officers more than the enemy.

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