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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 "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?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Maryland.

2. Having discussed how the eagerness for battle faded, McPherson goes on to say that soldiers turned to the most pervasive presence: ________?
(a) Fear.
(b) Disease.
(c) Anger.
(d) Cowardice.

3. 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) Illinois.
(c) Virginia.
(d) New York.

4. While talking about good-luck charms, McPherson notes there were few _____________ in the Civil War.
(a) Women.
(b) Mormons.
(c) Atheists.
(d) African Americans.

5. McPherson tells of a sergeant in the 20th Indiana during the Mine Run campaign who'd left _____________ to enlist.
(a) Medical school.
(b) Fiancee.
(c) Farming.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. How many children does McPherson report that Jesse Beecher had when he enlisted with the 112th New York in 1862?

4. During the discussion of the American volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, what percentage found that "belief in war aims" helped overcome the fear of battle?

5. While discussing differing interpretations of liberty from North and South, McPherson quotes a Texas cavalryman with Forrest who wrote that the issue was all BUT WHICH of these?

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