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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that John Haley of Maine wrote which of the following?
(a) Hard Marching Every Day.
(b) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(c) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.
(d) On the Altar of Freedom.

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

3. According to "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined," the ultimate test of leadership was what?
(a) Relationships.
(b) Combat.
(c) Casualties.
(d) Horsemanship.

4. 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) Petersburg.
(d) Pleasant Hill.

5. As the excitement for battle raced across the country, the governor of Ohio said he could not send the requested thirteen regiments but would send how many?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

6. 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.

7. 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 Mercer Tomlinson.
(d) General James Thomas.

8. During the discussion of religion, from which state was the private who wrote in 1861 that he wanted to put down the rebellion but hoped the war would end without him having to kill anybody?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Indiana.

9. 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) William McKinley.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Rutherford B. Hayes.

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

11. 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) Virginia.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New York.
(d) Illinois.

12. When the 7th Vermont was called forward in June 1862, which of the following regiments pouted while Vermont celebrated?
(a) 12th Connecticut.
(b) 2nd Ohio.
(c) 14th Vermont.
(d) 9th Pennsylvania.

13. During the discussion of alcohol abuse in some regiments, from which state was the sergeant who wrote that the captains were rum suckers?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Illinois.

14. 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) Subjugation.
(c) Anarchy.
(d) Bigotry.

15. In his discussion of his ancestor, Jesse Beecher, McPherson says that in 1862 Beecher enlisted with the 112th New York at what age?
(a) 43.
(b) 19.
(c) 25.
(d) 37.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson states that in the Confederacy, which state endured a great deal of disdain from other states?

2. In the discussion of hyped-up battle behavior, McPherson notes that the phenomenon has been described as all BUT WHICH of the following?

3. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?

4. 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?

5. As the book opens, McPherson says that he took some Princeton students to Gettysburg in the spring of what year?

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