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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. Toward the end of "Chapter 3: Anxious for the Fray," McPherson notes that men were shocked by war as most of them were in what age group?
(a) 30s.
(b) 60s.
(c) 50s.
(d) 20s.

2. In his discussion of those soldiers who were not so heroic, McPherson mentions that these men were referred to as all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Sneaks.
(b) Snivelers.
(c) Stragglers.
(d) Skulkers.

3. As the book opens, McPherson says that he took some Princeton students to Gettysburg in the spring of what year?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1976.

4. After the battle of Shiloh, which of the following Generals for the 53rd Ohio, promised his men--after an hour lecture--that they would fight with artillery behind them in the next battle?
(a) General James Abram Garfield.
(b) General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.
(c) General George Brinton McClellan.
(d) General William T. Sherman.

5. In July 1861, what battle caused Northern volunteers to flock to the army?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Gettysburg.
(c) Chancellorville.
(d) Shiloh.

Short Answer Questions

1. McPherson notes that at the battle of ___________________ on June 3, 1864, one New York regiment was driven by the Provost Guard at bayonet point.

2. When a captain from the 1st Connecticut Cavalry wrote about soldiers who shirk their duty, he said that in the company of sixty men only how many were in line?

3. 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?

4. A private from which state recounted an amazing amount of energy while describing the battle of Gaines Mill?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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"?

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

8. In the discussion of leadership, what do the soldiers' letters indicate about the differences in leadership between the Confederate and Union armies?

9. In the discussion of religion, how did Christian soldiers reconcile the war with the commandment to "turn the other cheek"?

10. McPherson says that duty and honor were powerful motives for battle, and then goes on to say that they had to be because what modern elements were lacking in Civil War-era soldiers?

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