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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 "Chapter 7: On the Altar of My Country" begins, McPherson quotes an analysis of surviving Tennessee soldiers that showed they weren't really aware of the South's goals during the Civil War. Which decade was the analysis?
(a) 1890s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1910s.
(d) 1920s.

2. In the discussion of combat stress reaction, readers learn that this phenomenon was most common during which year of the Civil War?
(a) 1st.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 4th.
(d) 2nd.

3. After the Seven Days battles, a private in the 58th Virginia wrote that through August and September his regiment had waded the Potomac how many times?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. During the discussion of what sustained soldiers during the Civil War, what does McPherson say was a dominant theme in the letters home?
(a) Courage.
(b) Homesickness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Despair.

5. After the burning at Chambersburg, what disease broke out in the prison camp at Charleston?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Yellow fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the discussion of the psychological and physiological issues soldiers faced in 1864, a private in the 100th Pennsylvania wrote that he slept one night out of how many?

2. Which most notorious massacre of black prisoners happened on April 12, 1864?

3. In the discussion of the Emancipation Proclamation, McPherson says that in his sample of Union soldiers, what percentage favored emancipation through the spring of 1863?

4. The November 8, 1865, diary entry of a sergeant in the 8th Ohio cavalry noted that how many members of his regiment had voted for Lincoln, as opposed to sixteen votes for McClellan?

5. An Illinois cavalryman, who wrote a letter home on January 12, 1865, used the word "duty" how many times in a single sentence?

Short Essay Questions

1. After discussing how the conflict between love of family and love of country was a major concern for many Confederate soldiers, how does McPherson say the men resolved this dichotomy?

2. In "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out," what convinced non-abolitionist Union soldiers that slavery was an evil that must be stopped?

3. At the close of "Chapter 12: The Same Holy Cause," what final lessons does McPherson hope readers take from the book?

4. Explain the massacres of black soldiers, as discussed in "Chapter 11: Vengeance Will be Our Motto."

5. Why, in the discussion of the mail service, does McPherson say that efficient mail delivery was so important?

6. What difference did class and education make in terms of support when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

7. When McPherson discusses the extra incentive Confederate soldiers had to keep fighting, what does he say about the Northern opinion of Southern soldiers?

8. In what way did the Confederate soldiers identify with the Founding Fathers in the discussion of the concept of liberty?

9. Why are there no letters from black Union soldiers, according to "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out"?

10. Under what conditions were black soldiers allowed to join the Confederate army during the final year of the Civil War?

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