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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Cause of Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the discussion of the "fighting drunk" terminology, Confederate soldiers were accused of an unlikely combination of whiskey and what?
(a) Water.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Tobacco leaves.
(d) Acid.

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

3. During "Chapter 5: Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers," which military historian is quoted from his book, "Men Against Fire"?
(a) S.L.A. Marshall.
(b) James Martin.
(c) T. Michael Parrish.
(d) Stephen D. Engle.

4. During "Chapter 6: A Band of Brothers," McPherson notes that studies of combat motivation have shown the need of soldiers to prove themselves to wane after how many battles?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

5. Right before the battle of Gettysburg, a lieutenant in the 53rd Georgia wrote to his wife, that Pennsylvania was the greatest country he'd ever seen; what was his wife's name?
(a) Mollie.
(b) Cellie.
(c) Mary.
(d) Callie.

Short Answer Questions

1. While talking about religious fatalism, McPherson says that more soldiers were practical Arminians than strict __________________.

2. At the end of "Chapter 7: On the Altar of My Country," McPherson says what percentage of the soldiers that comprised his sample material lost their lives in action?

3. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Wilbur Fisk, of the 2nd Vermont, wrote which of the following?

4. Officers appropriated comfortable houses while enlisted men froze in tents in Nashville during November 1864. From what state was the private who complained in his letters?

5. 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?

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