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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. When McPherson says that grousing about war has long been a soldier's privilege, he notes an officer from which state who wrote that these "soldiers will fight like bull dogs"?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Virginia.

2. As "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined" opens, which of the following is NOT a traditional means of motivating soldiers to fight?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Training.
(c) Money.
(d) Leadership.

3. McPherson tells of a sergeant in the 20th Indiana during the Mine Run campaign who'd left _____________ to enlist.
(a) Farming.
(b) Fiancee.
(c) Politics.
(d) Medical school.

4. During the discussion of leadership, which of the following Generals had a very different reputation at Gettysburg than he had earlier at Malvern Hill?
(a) General James Thomas.
(b) General Mercer Tomlinson.
(c) General Willis Gorman.
(d) General Lewis Armistead.

5. In "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers," a man from which state wrote he didn't feel he had any right to ask God for exemption from harm?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. As McPherson discusses the officer in the 4th Alabama, who was determined to fight a "black republican" leader, he reveals that leader is what relation to him?

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?

3. In the discussion of the physiological effects of warfare, a chemical reaction in the adrenal gland causes which of the following to be released?

4. In May 1861, a lieutenant in a Pennsylvania regiment wrote he would not enlist for a period longer than ________, unless his country needed him, in which case he'd enlist for life.

5. When talking about the relationships between enlisted men and their officers, McPherson notes a major from which state who visited his sick and wounded soldiers every day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ideological concepts and convictions initially motivated the Confederate soldiers to enlist and fight, as discussed by McPherson in his analysis of the beginning of the war?

2. In the discussion of cowardice, McPherson says that officers were held to even higher standards of bravery. What effect did this expectation have on officers?

3. Why, in "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," were disparaging remarks between regiments so common?

4. Explain the adrenaline rush described by McPherson in the discussion of how soldiers responded to battle.

5. How did the Calvinist doctrine of predestination factor into soldiers' lives in the discussion of religion?

6. During "Chapter 3: Anxious for the Fray," what attitude did the soldiers on both sides have about the upcoming war?

7. In the discussion of regimental bonding, what is "primary group cohesion"?

8. 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"?

9. What ideological concepts and convictions initially motivated the Union soldiers to fight in "Chapter 2: We Were in Earnest"?

10. As the war got underway, what feeling did soldiers have about "safe" positions in the rear of battles?

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