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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) Georgia.
(b) Texas.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Tennessee.

2. After the battle of Fredericksburg, the 10th New York had fought six battles in as many months and had lost all but how many men?
(a) 68.
(b) 240.
(c) 320.
(d) 130.

3. During the Seven Days battles, the 83rd Pennsylvania suffered what percentage of casualties?
(a) 25%.
(b) 98%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 50%.

4. 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?
(a) Brother-in-law.
(b) Grandson.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Uncle.

5. How many children does McPherson report that Jesse Beecher had when he enlisted with the 112th New York in 1862?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

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

7. As McPherson recounts the experience of Patrick Cronan, he says that Cronan was a "street bully" who was eventually court martialed and made to wear a board with what word?
(a) Yankee.
(b) Coward.
(c) Skunk.
(d) Traitor.

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

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

10. 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) Sister.
(c) Mother.
(d) Aunt.

11. 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) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 9 months.

12. 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) On the Altar of Freedom.
(c) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(d) Hard Marching Every Day.

13. Which of the following was a favorite word of Confederate recruits, during the discussion of their perceived fate, if the South were to be forced back into the Union?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Subjugation.
(d) Bigotry.

14. When discussing Jesse Beecher's service record, McPherson states that he fought in all BUT WHICH of the following states?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Virginia.
(d) South Carolina.

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) Georgia.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. As "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined" opens, which of the following is NOT a traditional means of motivating soldiers to fight?

2. While talking about historically and politically famous individuals who fought the Civil War, McPherson mentions which of the following Ohio Republican leaders?

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

4. 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?

5. In the discussion of the "fighting drunk" terminology, Confederate soldiers were accused of an unlikely combination of whiskey and what?

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