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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Religious.
(b) Lunatic.
(c) Young.
(d) Hero.

3. 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.

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

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

6. When talking about the relationships between enlisted men and their officers, McPherson notes a major from which state who visited his sick and wounded soldiers every day?
(a) Illinois.
(b) New York.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Pennsylvania.

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

8. 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?
(a) Major Kit Chancellor.
(b) Major Tommy Byron.
(c) Major Dan Kent.
(d) Major Myron Burroughs.

9. When discussing the mark of honor, which of the following did Civil War soldiers most wish to avoid?
(a) Notoriety.
(b) Battle.
(c) Death.
(d) Cowardice.

10. 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 James Abram Garfield.
(c) General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.
(d) General George Brinton McClellan.

11. When discussing Southern motives for fighting, McPherson mentions a farmer in the 26th Tennessee who said that all BUT WHICH of the following were at stake?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Property.
(c) Life.
(d) Liberty.

12. 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) 50s.
(b) 30s.
(c) 60s.
(d) 20s.

13. During "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers," which military historian is quoted from his book, "Men Against Fire"?
(a) James Martin.
(b) T. Michael Parrish.
(c) Stephen D. Engle.
(d) S.L.A. Marshall.

14. An experience at Gaines Mill on June 27, 1862, where the Union line slowly began to leak stragglers, was described by a corporal from which state?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) North Carolina.

15. While talking about good-luck charms, McPherson notes there were few _____________ in the Civil War.
(a) Mormons.
(b) Atheists.
(c) African Americans.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. As McPherson describes how soldiers on both sides were spoiling for a fight, he mentions an expression denoting exciting experiences: see the _________?

3. As McPherson discusses religion's role in the Civil War, he notes that a lieutenant from New Jersey who fought in the conflict was what religion?

4. From which state was the soldier who felt that religion was what made brave soldiers, during the discussion of Civil War faith?

5. In 1864, an officer in which regiment wrote of a successful attack on Confederate lines, defending the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg?

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