Once one gets out of school, we like to test our knowledge. Television and the papers are full of various forms of quizzes asking a wide range of questions from gardening, to geography; auto repair to anthropology and many others. For most of you reading this, it has to be history that has your interest.

To this point, Osprey has provided a second quiz book that covers the US Civil War. As with their previous title, the questions range from easy to moderate to difficult. In this one there are ones listed as 'impossible'. New to this book are some matching questions, most of which are matching photos of famous folk of the time with their name

Also in line with the previous book, most questions are either multiple choice or true or false. Some require you to fill in a blank or provide an answer from memory. There are also some interesting tidbits of information strewn through the book. All of the answers are provided in the back of each section so you can see how well you did. Each of the true/false or multiple choice questions has a check box so you can mark your reply.

Like the earlier book that is currently being enjoyed by MM readers, it is a fun book, though if you are like me, you'll think you need to go back to the fourth grade to answer some of these. It is a book you can share with your friends and is one that I'm sure you will enjoy going over.

April 2012

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