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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Anxious for the Fray.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was a favorite word of Confederate recruits, during the discussion of their perceived fate, if the South were to be forced back into the Union?
(a) Bigotry.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Subjugation.

2. 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?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Chancellorville.
(d) Gettysburg.

3. When McPherson recounts the tale of James and John Welsh, he says that James moved to what state in 1853 and became a Republican?
(a) Maine.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Illinois.

4. After the battle of Seven Pines, a captain from which state wrote that he was fine as long as there was battle but that afterward he was quite sick for a few days?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Illinois.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. A private from which state recounted an amazing amount of energy while describing the battle of Gaines Mill?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Texas.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In July 1861, what battle caused Northern volunteers to flock to the army?

2. 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?

3. As the book opens, McPherson says that he took some Princeton students to Gettysburg in the spring of what year?

4. As McPherson discusses the officer in the 4th Alabama, who was determined to fight a "black republican" leader, he reveals that leader is what relation to him?

5. When McPherson and his cousin visit the four Civil War battlefields near Fredericksburg, Virginia, he notes that it is the day after which of the following holidays?

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