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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.
(a) Frederick William I.
(b) Gerhard von Scharnhorst.
(c) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(d) Frederick the Great.

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

3. During the discussion of alcohol abuse in some regiments, from which state was the sergeant who wrote that the captains were rum suckers?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Indiana.

4. 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) Georgia.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Mississippi.

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?
(a) Illinois.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Pennsylvania.

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

7. When a captain from the 1st Connecticut Cavalry wrote about soldiers who shirk their duty, he said that in the company of sixty men only how many were in line?
(a) 11.
(b) 53.
(c) 32.
(d) 48.

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

9. During the battle of Fredericksburg, from which state was the corporal who wrote his diary that he was sick, and if not for being thought a sneak, he wouldn't be in the ranks that day?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Pennsylvania.

10. In the discussion of religious fatalism, what is described as the most dangerous position in the infantry?
(a) Artilleryman.
(b) Rifleman.
(c) Drummer boy.
(d) Color bearer.

11. 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) Horseshoe.
(b) Rabbit's foot.
(c) Acorns.
(d) Four leaf clover.

12. While talking about historically and politically famous individuals who fought the Civil War, McPherson mentions which of the following Ohio Republican leaders?
(a) William McKinley.
(b) James A. Garfield.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Rutherford B. Hayes.

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

14. 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?
(a) Sewell's Point.
(b) Pleasant Hill.
(c) Stones River.
(d) Fort Donelson.

15. During "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson notes that studies of combat motivation have shown the need of soldiers to prove themselves to wane after how many battles?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the battle of Fair Oaks, Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., swore he would shoot the first man who ran, in which of the following regiments?

2. "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers" opens by saying that like _________, bullets fall on the just and unjust alike.

3. In the story of James and John Welsh, McPherson says that John--who enlisted with the 27th Virginia--was killed during which of the following battles?

4. In the discussion of the physiological effects of warfare, a chemical reaction in the adrenal gland causes which of the following to be released?

5. 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?

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