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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Having discussed how the eagerness for battle faded, McPherson goes on to say that soldiers turned to the most pervasive presence: ________?
(a) Disease.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

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

3. When discussing soldiers not eager to fight, McPherson says derogatory comments about these men came from officers who had enlisted for all BUT WHICH of these reasons?
(a) Honor.
(b) Duty.
(c) Money.
(d) Patriotism.

4. As McPherson describes how soldiers on both sides were spoiling for a fight, he mentions an expression denoting exciting experiences: see the _________?
(a) Donkey.
(b) Canary.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Bear.

5. 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) Germany.
(b) Russia.
(c) Poland.
(d) Ireland.

6. 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) Michigan.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Pennsylvania.

7. 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"?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sister.

8. In "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson states that in the Confederacy, which state endured a great deal of disdain from other states?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Virginia.

9. After the battle of Shiloh, which of the following Generals for the 53rd Ohio, promised his men--after an hour lecture--that they would fight with artillery behind them in the next battle?
(a) General William T. Sherman.
(b) General George Brinton McClellan.
(c) General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.
(d) General James Abram Garfield.

10. After the discussion of "short-timers" psychology, McPherson notes what percentage of 3-year enlisted Union soldiers from 1861 reenlisted?
(a) 25%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 100%.

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

12. As "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined" opens, which of the following is NOT a traditional means of motivating soldiers to fight?
(a) Training.
(b) Money.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Leadership.

13. 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.
(a) 3 months.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 9 months.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the discussion of alcohol abuse in some regiments, from which state was the sergeant who wrote that the captains were rum suckers?

2. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Union artilleryman John Billings wrote which of the following?

3. In the discussion of religious fatalism, what is described as the most dangerous position in the infantry?

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

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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