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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. On July 1, 1864, a captain for the 103rd Illinois wrote that it was day sixty-two for his regiment, and that they'd spent how many of those days under fire?
(a) 33.
(b) 48.
(c) 62.
(d) 50.

2. In 1862, after two friends had been killed in an ambush in the Shenandoah Valley, a soldier from which state wrote "we are to take no prisoners after this"?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Michigan.

3. During the discussion of the Confederate response to the Emancipation Proclamation, what percentage of the sample 429 Confederate letters voiced pro-slavery arguments?
(a) 40%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 65%.

4. While talking about the difficulties wives left behind faced, McPherson mentions a sergeant in the 21st Ohio whose wife had written that "your country's cause is my cause." What was her name?
(a) Minie.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) MaryAnn.

5. In 1863, when an infantry colonel said he began "to think no Soldier ought to be married," readers learn that he is from state?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. When McPherson says that Confederates sought to preserve their honor by killing black soldiers who tried to surrender, which place is NOT a documented occurrence of massacres?

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

3. When discussing the assertions of patriotism as a motivation for fighting, what percentage of the 429 Confederate letters and diaries used as sources affirmed this motivation?

4. During the discussion of the desire to punish treason and "clean out" the rebels, a soldier from which state wrote his sister "I want to fight the rest of my life if necessary"?

5. In the discussion of combat stress reaction, readers learn that this phenomenon was most common during which year of the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. McPherson denies, in the discussion of liberty, that Southern soldiers were obsessed with slavery. What statistical evidence does he supply to support this?

4. 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?

5. How did Northern soldiers initially respond when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

6. What types of letters did Confederate soldiers begin sending home toward the end of "Chapter 11: Vengeance Will be Our Motto"?

7. In the discussion of the mail service, why was it more difficult for the Confederate army to maintain efficient mail service than it was for the Union army?

8. What challenges did soldiers face in the last year of the Civil War that exacerbated their combat exhaustion?

9. What was meant when some soldiers wrote home about being stuck in a "rich man's war," toward the end of "Chapter 7: On the Altar of My Country"?

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

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