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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An experience at Gaines Mill on June 27, 1862, where the Union line slowly began to leak stragglers, was described by a corporal from which state?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Illinois.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

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

3. 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?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Life.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Property.

4. "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers" opens by saying that like _________, bullets fall on the just and unjust alike.
(a) Age.
(b) Death.
(c) Snow.
(d) Rain.

5. A private in the 1st Virginia reported, after the battle of Sharpsburg, that a man in the 24th Virginia was whipped publicly for cowardice; how many lashes did the man receive?
(a) 42.
(b) 39.
(c) 16.
(d) 28.

Short Answer Questions

1. While talking about good-luck charms, McPherson notes there were few _____________ in the Civil War.

2. 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?

3. During the discussion of leadership, which of the following Generals had a very different reputation at Gettysburg than he had earlier at Malvern Hill?

4. As McPherson describes how soldiers on both sides were spoiling for a fight, he mentions an expression denoting exciting experiences: see the _________?

5. When McPherson recounts the tale of James and John Welsh, he says that James moved to what state in 1853 and became a Republican?

(see the answer key)

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