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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. According to "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined," the ultimate test of leadership was what?
(a) Casualties.
(b) Combat.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Horsemanship.

2. 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) Massachusetts.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Maryland.

3. 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?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Brother-in-law.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Grandson.

4. Which of the following Generals retrieved his character during the Battle of Fair Oaks?
(a) General James Thomas.
(b) General Willis Gorman.
(c) General Mercer Tomlinson.
(d) General Lewis Armistead.

5. In "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson states that in the Confederacy, which state endured a great deal of disdain from other states?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing Southern motives for fighting, McPherson mentions a farmer in the 26th Tennessee who said that all BUT WHICH of the following were at stake?

2. During the Bristoe campaign, from which state was the sergeant who disobeyed a surgeon's order to go to the hospital because he was afraid of the suspicion attached?

3. In the discussion of the battle energy, an anemic Yale graduate--who later died at 26--recounted that the double-quick was not a fast enough pace; what disease did the man have?

4. 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?

5. How many children does McPherson report that Jesse Beecher had when he enlisted with the 112th New York in 1862?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the Civil War began, in what way did both the North and the South believe they were each fighting for the cause of liberty?

2. 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?

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

4. Define and explain "rage militaire" as discussed by McPherson in his discussion of the initial impulse that motivated soldiers to fight the Civil War.

5. What effect did the prospect of death have on the Confederate army during the discussion of religion?

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

7. What questions did the Princeton students have when McPherson took them to Gettysburg in the spring of 1976?

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

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

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

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