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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As McPherson explains Southern bitterness toward the North, from which state was the soldier who wrote in June 1863 that he felt his regiment should take horses, burn houses, and cause chaos?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) North Carolina.

3. 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) 1870s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1920s.

4. In "Chapter 8: The Cause of Liberty," how does McPherson say Southern whites preferred to term "slavery"?
(a) Southern way of life.
(b) Southern ingenuity.
(c) Southern rights.
(d) Southern institutions.

5. 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) Texas.
(b) Illinois.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Virginia.

6. In the discussion of the Confederate ideal of white supremacy and the right to slavery, from which state was the soldier who wrote he was "fighting for our liberty against tyrants of the North...who are determined to destroy slavery"?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) South Carolina.

7. In the discussion of Bell Wiley's study of Billy Yank, how many Union soldiers were interested in emancipation out of every ten surveyed?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

8. When discussing the hardships of soldiers' wives, McPherson says that failure to fight for one's country would be seen to dishonor all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Ancestors.
(b) Wife.
(c) Posterity.
(d) Children.

9. In the discussion of Lincoln's idea that the United States represented the last best hope for the survival of republican government, the world is bestrode by all BUT WHICH of these?
(a) Tyrants.
(b) Kings.
(c) Emperors.
(d) Despots.

10. In the discussion of the hardships for soldiers' wives, what percentage of officers does McPherson say were married in his sample?
(a) 14%.
(b) 72%.
(c) 28%.
(d) 51%.

11. 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?
(a) Gettysburg.
(b) Second Manassas.
(c) Bull Run.
(d) Shiloh.

12. Right before the battle of Gettysburg, a lieutenant in the 53rd Georgia wrote to his wife, that Pennsylvania was the greatest country he'd ever seen; what was his wife's name?
(a) Mary.
(b) Cellie.
(c) Callie.
(d) Mollie.

13. 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.

14. 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?
(a) 36%.
(b) 72%.
(c) 84%.
(d) 16%.

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) 6 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In 1863, a thirty-three year old private in the 2nd Ohio Cavalry wrote that his side must win, lest the march of Liberty be held back by all BUT WHICH of these?

3. According to "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out," what fraction of Union soldiers came from Democratic backgrounds?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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