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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disgusted Marshall about President Roosevelt's reaction to his news that plans for the North African invasion during WWII was ready?
(a) President Roosevelt told Marshall to slow the plans down.
(b) President Roosevelt did not ask for a casualty count.
(c) President Roosevelt asked to be there so he could release photos to the press.
(d) President Roosevelt asked that the invasion happen before Election Day.

2. What trait does Brooks say made it hard for Marshall to develop friendships?
(a) His lack of self-confidence.
(b) His lack of a sense of humor.
(c) His painful shyness.
(d) His formality.

3. In Chapter 5, what is a trait Brooks argues is common among modest people who achieve great success?
(a) They are extraordinarily wealthy.
(b) They are extraordinarily intelligent.
(c) Someone once told them they were too stupid to do something, and they vowed to prove them wrong.
(d) They do not view failure as a negative thing.

4. What pacifist organization did Rustin join after moving to Harlem?
(a) The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR).
(b) The Priory of Zion.
(c) The Non-Violent Coalition of States.
(d) The Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

5. How did his wife's death change Marshall's approach to life?
(a) He left the military and took a new job managing a charity.
(b) He withdrew from public life and languished in solidarity.
(c) He went to medical school.
(d) He became less taciturn and more social.

6. What trait does Brooks say Randolph exuded, in the same way that Marshall had?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Self-mastery.
(d) Anger.

7. In Chapter 5, Brooks argues it is rare to meet someone today with what kind of a mindset?
(a) Institutional.
(b) Moral.
(c) Religious.
(d) Service.

8. In what situation was Marshall injured during his college years?
(a) On a training maneuver.
(b) In a boating accident.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) In a hazing ritual.

9. What is one of the things Brooks says love depends upon?
(a) Vulnerability.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) Chance.
(d) Ego.

10. What was George Eliot's given name at birth?
(a) Mary Anne Evans.
(b) Janet Sparks.
(c) Katherine Michaels.
(d) Jane Eyre.

11. Which of the following facets of human nature fascinated Augustine?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Memory.
(d) Jealousy.

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

13. What illness did Eliot nurse her mother throughout?
(a) Polio.
(b) Breast cancer.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Typhoid.

14. Why did George Marshall refuse to keep a diary?
(a) He did not like writing.
(b) He did not like reading.
(c) He thought it would cause him to focus too much on himself.
(d) He did not like the smell of the common leather diaries of the day.

15. Where did Randolph move at the beginning of his career?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Selma.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Harlem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did writer Henry James describe Eliot's physical appearance?

2. What was Augustine's first step to reforming his own life?

3. Where did Marshall attend college?

4. What tactics did Rustin and other civil rights leaders adopt to try to accomplish their goals?

5. Who was Augustine's mother?

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