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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 3 - 4).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What terms does Brooks use to describe a life of humility versus a life of egotism in Chapter 1?
(a) Big Life and Little Life.
(b) Big Me and Little Me.
(c) Big river and Little River.
(d) Big Lies and Little Lies.

2. Brooks quotes writer Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn as saying the line separating good and evil passes through what place?
(a) The human heart.
(b) Gardens.
(c) States.
(d) eyes.

3. Which president's wife used to caution him about using the word "I" in his speeches too often?
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) George H.W. Bush.

4. What was the name of Dwight Eisenhower's mistress?
(a) Fanny Packard.
(b) Jane Wright.
(c) Kay Summersby.
(d) Ellen McDonnel.

5. In Chapter 3, Brooks argues that sin is communal, but error is which of the following?
(a) Heroic.
(b) Preventable.
(c) Individual.
(d) Unnecessary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was one of the people Perkins associate with in Greenwich Village?

2. What radio program inspired Brooks to write the book?

3. What does Brooks compare self-control to?

4. What kind of literature had a great impact on Day's thinking early in her adulthood?

5. What did Dwight Eisenhower warn Americans about in his farewell speech when he left the presidency?

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