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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. By 1863, McPherson states, trouble and sorrow in the dis-United States was almost beyond calculation, as the war had claimed how many lives?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 500,000.

2. 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.

3. Soldiers from all BUT WHICH of the following states are mentioned in the discussion of green recruits who wanted to prove their manhood through battle?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Illinois.

4. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Union artilleryman John Billings wrote which of the following?
(a) Hard Marching Every Day.
(b) On the Altar of Freedom.
(c) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.
(d) Hard Tack and Coffee.

5. When discussing soldiers not eager to fight, McPherson says derogatory comments about these men came from officers who had enlisted for all BUT WHICH of these reasons?
(a) Honor.
(b) Duty.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the discussion of the officers' views on training, which of the following did a captain in the 85th New York NOT believe would get men to fight well?

2. In 1862, a private in the 38th North Carolina wrote to his wife that, if he were to be killed, he hoped to be reunited with his daughter __________.

3. During the story of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, what is the name of the battle in which she fought?

4. In "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers," a man from which state wrote he didn't feel he had any right to ask God for exemption from harm?

5. In his discussion of duty, what does McPherson say Confederate soldiers are more likely to speak of?

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