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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the attack on Fort Sumter, all BUT WHICH of the following states joined the other seven Southern states that had seceded prior to April, 1861?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) North Carolina.

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

3. In the explanation of the Rebel Yell, McPherson quotes a soldier from which state who had said he would never yell during battle, but had anyway?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Virginia.

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) Battle rage.
(b) Fighting madness.
(c) Military craze.
(d) Combat frenzy.

5. 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) Leadership.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Money.

6. During the discussion of leadership, which of the following Generals had a very different reputation at Gettysburg than he had earlier at Malvern Hill?
(a) General Lewis Armistead.
(b) General Willis Gorman.
(c) General James Thomas.
(d) General Mercer Tomlinson.

7. 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) Life.
(b) Property.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Happiness.

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

9. 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) Japanese.
(b) British.
(c) German.
(d) American.

10. 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?
(a) Fort Donelson.
(b) Sewell's Point.
(c) Stones River.
(d) Pleasant Hill.

11. 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 Tommy Byron.
(b) Major Dan Kent.
(c) Major Kit Chancellor.
(d) Major Myron Burroughs.

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

13. McPherson quotes a sergeant who had spent the first twenty months of service guarding railroad bridges, as being disgusted with the lack of action. Which state was he from?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Illinois.

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) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

15. 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) Skunk.
(b) Coward.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Yankee.

Short Answer Questions

1. The end of "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined" says Civil War soldiers came from a society that prized all BUT WHICH of the following?

2. When the 7th Vermont was called forward in June 1862, which of the following regiments pouted while Vermont celebrated?

3. During the Seven Days battles, the 83rd Pennsylvania suffered what percentage of casualties?

4. After the discussion of "short-timers" psychology, McPherson notes what percentage of 3-year enlisted Union soldiers from 1861 reenlisted?

5. 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?

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