(E) The discrimination that Black soldiers faced when trying
for promotions
5. The passage suggests that which of the following was true of
Black units’ disease mortality rates in the Civil War?
(A) They were almost as high as the combat mortality rates
of White units.
(B) They resulted in part from the relative inexperience of
these units when in combat.
(C) They were especially high because of the nature of these
units’ usual duty assignments.
(D) They resulted in extremely high overall casualty rates in
Black combat units.
(E) They exacerbated the morale problems that were caused
by the army’s discriminatory policies.
6. The author of the passage quotes the White officer in lines
23-24 primarily in order to provide evidence to support the
contention that
(A) virtually all White officers initially had hostile attitudes
toward Black soldiers
(B) Black soldiers were often forced to defend themselves
from physical attacks initiated by soldiers from White
units
(C) the combat performance of Black units changed the
attitudes of White soldiers toward Black soldiers
(D) White units paid especially careful attention to the
performance of Black units in battle
(E) respect in the army as a whole was accorded only to
those units, whether Black or White, that performed well
in battle
7. Which of the following best describes the kind of error
attributed to Glarthaar in lines 25-28?
groups of individuals in order to render an argument
concerning them internally consistent