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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. In the discussion of the physiological effects of warfare, a chemical reaction in the adrenal gland causes which of the following to be released?
(a) Cortisol.
(b) Red blood cells.
(c) Norepinephrine.
(d) Glucose.

3. When an immigrant worker in a Philadelphia textile mill wrote to his father to explain his enlistment, he said if secession were allowed, the United States might end up worse than what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Poland.
(d) Germany.

4. 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) 48.
(b) 11.
(c) 32.
(d) 53.

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?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Massachusetts.

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

7. During the discussion of primary group cohesion, McPherson says it has existed since time immemorial but was studied during World War II in all BUT WHICH of these soldiers?
(a) American.
(b) Japanese.
(c) British.
(d) German.

8. As McPherson discusses the initial impulse that prompted men to enlist on both sides after the raid on Fort Sumter he references which of the following French terms?
(a) Rage militaire.
(b) Combattre pret.
(c) Folie.
(d) Vide en haut.

9. 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) Vietnam War.
(b) Revolutionary War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

10. 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) Spotsylvania.
(b) Cold Harbor.
(c) Pleasant Hill.
(d) Petersburg.

11. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Wilbur Fisk, of the 2nd Vermont, wrote which of the following?
(a) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.
(b) Hard Marching Every Day.
(c) On the Altar of Freedom.
(d) Hard Tack and Coffee.

12. 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) John Adams.
(b) Patrick Henry.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) James Madison.

13. In the discussion of the officers' views on training, which of the following did a captain in the 85th New York NOT believe would get men to fight well?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Drill.
(c) Food.
(d) Leadership.

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

15. When McPherson says that grousing about war has long been a soldier's privilege, he notes an officer from which state who wrote that these "soldiers will fight like bull dogs"?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. When McPherson recounts the tale of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, what name does he say she enlisted under?

2. As McPherson discusses the officer in the 4th Alabama, who was determined to fight a "black republican" leader, he reveals that leader is what relation to him?

3. 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?

4. As McPherson begins to describe the training regimen kept by soldiers, he quotes a young man from Indiana who wrote what relative, complaining a soldier "is not his own man"?

5. 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?

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