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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, On the Altar of My Country.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When talking about the relationships between enlisted men and their officers, McPherson notes a major from which state who visited his sick and wounded soldiers every day?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Virginia.
(c) New York.
(d) Illinois.

2. As the excitement for battle raced across the country, the governor of Ohio said he could not send the requested thirteen regiments but would send how many?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 8.
(d) 16.

3. In the discussion of the physiological effects of warfare, a chemical reaction in the adrenal gland causes which of the following to be released?
(a) Cortisol.
(b) Red blood cells.
(c) Glucose.
(d) Norepinephrine.

4. Soldiers in the discussion of military coercion stood firm under fire for the Prussian army under the command of ________ because they feared their officers more than the enemy.
(a) Gerhard von Scharnhorst.
(b) Frederick William I.
(c) Frederick the Great.
(d) Napoleon Bonaparte.

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) North Carolina.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Texas.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. After a Texas soldier wrote his wife in 1863 that he hoped a friend would shoot him if ever he showed the "white feather," he was killed during which of these battles?

4. 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?

5. In the explanation of the Rebel Yell, McPherson quotes a soldier from which state who had said he would never yell during battle, but had anyway?

(see the answer key)

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