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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which state was the sergeant, three times wounded, stationed near Vicksburg who described debates in his brigade during the winter of 1863-1964?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Texas.
(d) Illinois.

2. As "Chapter 11: Vengeance Will be Our Motto" opens, which is an essential component, according to McPherson, of the masculine code of honor?
(a) Self-respect.
(b) Duty.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Patriotism.

3. According to "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out," what fraction of Union soldiers came from Democratic backgrounds?
(a) 2/5.
(b) 4/5.
(c) 3/5.
(d) 1/5.

4. By 1864, when a captain in the 5th Alabama wrote of the burning of Chambersburg, how much money did he say soldiers demanded from their victims' houses?
(a) $200.
(b) $800.
(c) $75.
(d) $500.

5. After the three month Peninsula campaign, a Pennsylvania private wrote that he had lived on how many crackers from Thursday through Monday?
(a) 17.
(b) 9.
(c) 25.
(d) 4.

6. McPherson says that one of the reasons for this famous Confederate general's invasion of Tennessee during November 1864 was a hope to revitalize the troops from that state. What was this general's name?
(a) General John B. Hood.
(b) General Braxton Bragg.
(c) General Jubal Early.
(d) General James Longstreet.

7. In the discussion of the psychological and physiological issues soldiers faced in 1864, a private in the 100th Pennsylvania wrote that he slept one night out of how many?
(a) 19.
(b) 25.
(c) 14.
(d) 8.

8. In the discussion of combat stress reaction, readers learn that this phenomenon was most common during which year of the Civil War?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 1st.
(c) 4th.
(d) 2nd.

9. As "Chapter 10: We Know That We are Supported at Home" opens, which of the following is NOT one of the main sources of combat motivation?
(a) Self-respect.
(b) Courage.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Group cohesion.

10. At the end of "Chapter 8: The Cause of Liberty," by what year had Northern soldiers broadened their concept of liberty to include black people?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1862.

11. When a Pennsylvania cavalry corporal wrote his mother in 1863, he listed his obligations to duty. In what position did he place his obligation to his mother?
(a) 4th.
(b) 1st.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 2nd.

12. In the discussion of a Louisiana cavalry sergeant who'd been the headmaster of a boys' school prior to enlisting, by what battle does the soldier cite Yankee hatred as his reason to fight?
(a) Mesilla.
(b) Pleasant Hill.
(c) Belmont.
(d) Vicksburg.

13. While talking about the Emancipation Proclamation's effect on Union morale, McPherson says that, in comparison to enlisted men, what percentage of officers supported emancipation?
(a) 89%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 78%.
(d) 44%.

14. The November 8, 1865, diary entry of a sergeant in the 8th Ohio cavalry noted that how many members of his regiment had voted for Lincoln, as opposed to sixteen votes for McClellan?
(a) 367.
(b) 25.
(c) 158.
(d) 243.

15. Which soldier in the 103rd Ohio denounced the Emancipation Proclamation in letters to family from January to March of 1863?
(a) Captain Clement L. Vallandigham.
(b) General James Vernon.
(c) Private Chauncey Welton.
(d) Colonel Marcus Speigel.

Short Answer Questions

1. A forty year old captain of the 18th Massachusetts wrote his wife in August 1862 that he'd rather fight for years than for his sons to continue it. In what battle was he killed four months later?

2. In the discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation, McPherson says that in his sample of Union soldiers, what percentage favored emancipation through the spring of 1863?

3. In the discussion of Bell Wiley's study of Billy Yank, how many Union soldiers were interested in emancipation out of every ten surveyed?

4. In the discussion of the psychological and physiological issues soldiers faced in 1864, modern studies have shown that a unit is exhausted if it twice suffers what fraction of casualties?

5. After the burning at Chambersburg, what disease broke out in the prison camp at Charleston?

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