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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As McPherson discusses religion's role in the Civil War, he notes that a lieutenant from New Jersey who fought in the conflict was what religion?
(a) Atheist.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Mormon.
(d) Quaker.

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

3. At the end of "Chapter Two: We Were in Earnest," readers find that the "we were in earnest" chapter title comes from a soldier in which of the following regiments?
(a) 36th Pennsylvania.
(b) 42nd Georgia.
(c) 23rd Virginia.
(d) 19th Massachusetts.

4. After the battle of Chancellorville, a lieutenant in the 17th Connecticut wrote home that the captain had resigned and gone home; what was the captain's name?
(a) Captain Sully.
(b) Captain Marks.
(c) Captain Lucy.
(d) Captain Thomas.

5. After the battle of Seven Pines, a captain from which state wrote that he was fine as long as there was battle but that afterward he was quite sick for a few days?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Illinois.
(d) North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the battle of Fredericksburg, the 10th New York had fought six battles in as many months and had lost all but how many men?

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Civil War enlisted men respond to military discipline, as discussed in "Chapter 4: If I Flinched, I was Ruined"?

2. After the discussion of courage, bravery, and valor, what fear does McPherson say Civil War soldiers wrote even more about than the three-part concept of honor?

3. While discussing "short-timers" psychology, what reason does McPherson give for why this phenomenon did not exist in the Confederate army?

4. When discussing his framework for the book, what three categories does McPherson say he has used and borrowed from John A. Lynn?

5. What generally happened to the relationships between soldiers and officers after they went through a battle together, as discussed in "Chapter 4: If I Flinched, I was Ruined"?

6. Why, according to "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers," does religion make soldiers brave?

7. How did the Civil War transform irresponsible men into responsible ones as the war got underway?

8. In "Chapter 1: This War is a Crusade," what difference does McPherson note between the Civil War and the Vietnam War?

9. In "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," what three synonyms did Civil War soldiers write a great deal about?

10. In the discussion of leadership, what qualities does McPherson say made a good officer?

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