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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the discussion of primary group cohesion, a soldier in the 122nd New York wrote to his sister in response to how he kept going through all BUT WHICH of these battles?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Spotsylvania.
(c) Pleasant Hill.
(d) Cold Harbor.

2. 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 Union War.
(c) The Confederate War.
(d) The Slavery War.

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) 39.
(b) 16.
(c) 42.
(d) 28.

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) Mississippi.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Virginia.

5. During the Bristoe campaign, from which state was the sergeant who disobeyed a surgeon's order to go to the hospital because he was afraid of the suspicion attached?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Michigan.

6. When McPherson talks about the ways in which the eagerness for battle was not unique to Civil War soldiers, he mentions the same phenomenon during which war?
(a) World War I.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) Revolutionary War.
(d) World War II.

7. 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) 60s.
(b) 30s.
(c) 20s.
(d) 50s.

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

9. A private from which state recounted an amazing amount of energy while describing the battle of Gaines Mill?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Texas.

10. From which state was the soldier who felt that religion was what made brave soldiers, during the discussion of Civil War faith?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Pennsylvania.

11. 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) Pennsylvania.
(b) Georgia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Illinois.

12. 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) Four leaf clover.
(d) Acorns.

13. When comparing the American Patriots of 1776 to the "Southern Patriots" of 1861, McPherson notes that a famous quote by which of the following was a favorite Southern cry?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Patrick Henry.
(d) John Adams.

14. McPherson notes that at the battle of ___________________ on June 3, 1864, one New York regiment was driven by the Provost Guard at bayonet point.
(a) Peach Tree Creek.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Wilderness.
(d) Cold Harbor.

15. When the 7th Vermont was called forward in June 1862, which of the following regiments pouted while Vermont celebrated?
(a) 9th Pennsylvania.
(b) 14th Vermont.
(c) 2nd Ohio.
(d) 12th Connecticut.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the quote from John W. DeForest in "Chapter 1: This War is a Crusade," the man who does not dread to die or be mutilated is a what?

2. As McPherson talks about the literacy rates during the Civil War, he says that what percentage of Union soldiers were literate?

3. In May 1861, a lieutenant in a Pennsylvania regiment wrote he would not enlist for a period longer than ________, unless his country needed him, in which case he'd enlist for life.

4. Which of the following was a major in the 19th Iowa, described in "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined," who would walk and let injured men ride his horse?

5. Soldiers from all BUT WHICH of the following states are mentioned in the discussion of green recruits who wanted to prove their manhood through battle?

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