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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 5 - 6).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Brooks write that Marshall must have been devastated not to have gotten from Roosevelt?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Supreme Commander of Operation Overlord in France during WWII.
(c) Joint Chiefs of Staff of the military.
(d) Secretary of State.

2. Who was Dwight Eisenhower's vice president?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

3. What was Marshall's wife's nickname?
(a) Lily.
(b) Laney.
(c) Larky.
(d) Lizzie.

4. Which general visited Marshall's unit in October 1917?
(a) General John Pershing.
(b) General John Jacobs.
(c) General Douglas MacArthur.
(d) General Dwight Eisenhower.

5. In Chapter 1, Brooks writes that the struggle against the weakness in yourself is never which of the following?
(a) A worthwhile struggle.
(b) A solitary struggle.
(c) A paid struggle.
(d) An easy struggle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of Day's novel that was based on her early disordered life?

2. What kind of illness did Marshall's wife suffer from?

3. Who wrote a book about his experiences as a concentration camp prisoner during WWII?

4. Which skills helped win Day a college scholarship?

5. In Chapter 5, what is a trait Brooks argues is common among modest people who achieve great success?

(see the answer key)

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