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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Same Holy Cause.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the discussion of the desire to punish treason and "clean out" the rebels, a soldier from which state wrote his sister "I want to fight the rest of my life if necessary"?
(a) Texas.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Michigan.

2. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that James Gooding, a black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts, wrote which of the following?
(a) Hard Marching Every Day.
(b) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(c) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.
(d) On The Altar of Freedom.

3. In 1864, an officer in which regiment wrote of a successful attack on Confederate lines, defending the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg?
(a) 2nd Iowa.
(b) 9th Michigan.
(c) 15th Delaware.
(d) 12th New York.

4. Between May 5 and June 22, 1864, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia experienced casualties amounting to what percent of their original strength?
(a) 95%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 38%.
(d) 49%.

5. In the spring of 1862, soldiers from which state felt a redoubled commitment to the war effort when large portions of their home state fell to the "insolent invader"?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the discussion of primary group cohesion, McPherson says it has existed since time immemorial but was studied during World War II in all BUT WHICH of these soldiers?

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

3. After the battle of Fredericksburg, which famous writer visited his brother, a lieutenant in the 51st New York, after the man had been wounded?

4. In "Chapter 7: On the Altar of my Country," how did soldiers frequently misspell the word "altar"?

5. After a soldier was killed at the battle of Dranesville in 1861, his younger brother wrote home to say that everyone's time must come; at what battle was the writer later killed?

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