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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the battle of Fair Oaks, Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., swore he would shoot the first man who ran, in which of the following regiments?
(a) 21st Texas.
(b) 20th Massachusetts.
(c) 12th Georgia.
(d) 5th Arkansas.

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

3. 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) Hero.
(b) Lunatic.
(c) Religious.
(d) Young.

4. 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 Marching Every Day.
(d) Hard Tack and Coffee.

5. 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) Virginia.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Mississippi.

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

7. As the book opens, McPherson says that he took some Princeton students to Gettysburg in the spring of what year?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1993.

8. As "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers" opens, McPherson says that Civil War soldiers wrote much about all BUT WHICH of these synonyms?
(a) Valor.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Tenacity.
(d) Courage.

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) American.
(c) German.
(d) British.

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 George Brinton McClellan.
(d) General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.

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

12. In July 1861, what battle caused Northern volunteers to flock to the army?
(a) Chancellorville.
(b) Bull Run.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Gettysburg.

13. After the story from the soldier who experienced the glaze of war during the battle at Gaines Mill, McPherson notes that another term for this phenomenon is what?
(a) Enraged glory.
(b) Military insanity.
(c) Battle craze.
(d) Combat narcosis.

14. After the discussion of "short-timers" psychology, the author notes the pride and honor of a soldier were bound up with the pride and honor of all BUT WHICH of these?
(a) Regiment.
(b) Nation.
(c) State.
(d) Family.

15. 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) Military craze.
(c) Combat frenzy.
(d) Fighting madness.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the discussion of leadership, which of the following Generals had a very different reputation at Gettysburg than he had earlier at Malvern Hill?

2. From which state was the soldier who wrote religious poetry while lying in the trenches, during the battle of Vicksburg?

3. When a captain from the 1st Connecticut Cavalry wrote about soldiers who shirk their duty, he said that in the company of sixty men only how many were in line?

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

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

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