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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As "Chapter 11: Vengeance Will be Our Motto" ends, McPherson says that no army broke until the Army of Tennessee after which of the following battles in 1864?
(a) Spring Hill.
(b) King's Hill.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Fort Fisher.

2. 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) Patriotism.
(c) Courage.
(d) Group cohesion.

3. 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) 2nd.
(c) 1st.
(d) 4th.

4. An Illinois cavalryman, who wrote a letter home on January 12, 1865, used the word "duty" how many times in a single sentence?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

5. In "Chapter 7: On the Altar of my Country," how did soldiers frequently misspell the word "altar"?
(a) Alterr.
(b) Alter.
(c) Atlar.
(d) Alttar.

6. 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) 158.
(b) 25.
(c) 367.
(d) 243.

7. As McPherson discusses the statistics for married men versus unmarried men, what percentage of married soldiers does he say were killed in action?
(a) 48%.
(b) 67%.
(c) 13%.
(d) 23%.

8. In 1862, after two friends had been killed in an ambush in the Shenandoah Valley, a soldier from which state wrote "we are to take no prisoners after this"?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Arkansas.

9. As "Chapter 12: The Same Holy Cause" opens, McPherson says that Civil War soldiers never heard of all BUT WHICH of the following terms?
(a) Courage.
(b) Psychiatric casualties.
(c) Battle fatigue.
(d) Shell shock.

10. After the discussion of the conflict between love of family and love of country, McPherson quotes an Alabama soldier as saying he worried for his wife if they failed. What was his wife's name?
(a) Mary.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Cellie.
(d) Annabelle.

11. 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) Pleasant Hill.
(b) Vicksburg.
(c) Belmont.
(d) Mesilla.

12. 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) $800.
(b) $75.
(c) $500.
(d) $200.

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

14. As "Chapter 7: On the Altar of My Country" begins, McPherson quotes an analysis of surviving Tennessee soldiers that showed they weren't really aware of the South's goals during the Civil War. Which decade was the analysis?
(a) 1890s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1910s.

15. As "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out" opens, McPherson says a Texas private predicted Confederate victory how long before General Lee surrendered at Appomattox?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a sergeant in the 8th Georgia wrote to his family in 1863 that he would willingly sacrifice his life upon the altar of his country, readers learn that he did so in which battle?

2. Which most notorious massacre of black prisoners happened on April 12, 1864?

3. In 1863, when an infantry colonel said he began "to think no Soldier ought to be married," readers learn that he is from state?

4. After the battle of Antietam a soldier in the 21st Mississippi wrote his parents that he wanted to collect what Yankee body part for his sister, Anna?

5. 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?

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