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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. 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) Ohio.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Maryland.

2. In the discussion of the "fighting drunk" terminology, Confederate soldiers were accused of an unlikely combination of whiskey and what?
(a) Acid.
(b) Water.
(c) Tobacco leaves.
(d) Gunpowder.

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

4. While talking about good-luck charms, McPherson notes there were few _____________ in the Civil War.
(a) Women.
(b) Atheists.
(c) Mormons.
(d) African Americans.

5. McPherson notes that at the battle of ___________________ on June 3, 1864, one New York regiment was driven by the Provost Guard at bayonet point.
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Peach Tree Creek.
(c) Cold Harbor.
(d) Wilderness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?

2. McPherson quotes a sergeant who had spent the first twenty months of service guarding railroad bridges, as being disgusted with the lack of action. Which state was he from?

3. During the battle of Fredericksburg, from which state was the corporal who wrote his diary that he was sick, and if not for being thought a sneak, he wouldn't be in the ranks that day?

4. While talking about religious fatalism, McPherson says that more soldiers were practical Arminians than strict __________________.

5. In the story of James and John Welsh, McPherson says that John--who enlisted with the 27th Virginia--was killed during which of the following battles?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Civil War soldiers react to fear in "Chapter 3: Anxious for the Fray"?

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

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

5. 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?

6. What can readers conclude about the use of alcohol as a motivational tool, during "Chapter 4: If I Flinched, I was Ruined"?

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

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

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

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

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