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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was one of the people Perkins associate with in Greenwich Village?
(a) Carl Lewis.
(b) John Lewis.
(c) James Lewis.
(d) Sinclair Lewis.

3. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?
(a) Pope Pius IV.
(b) Rabbi Andrew Wyelin.
(c) Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik.
(d) Pope John Paul II.

4. When did Day die?
(a) November 29, 1980.
(b) February 13, 1965.
(c) April 10, 1970.
(d) March 2, 1985.

5. Who did Ida Eisenhower marry?
(a) Laurence.
(b) James.
(c) David.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ida Eisenhower study in college?

2. What did Ida Eisenhower forbid in her house?

3. What did Day name her daughter?

4. What was Day fascinated with as an adolescent, according to Brooks?

5. What university did Perkins teach at towards the end of her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ida Eisenhower forbid dancing, card games, and drinking in her home?

2. What were some of Ida Eishenhower's early life struggles?

3. What was Eisenhower's personal opinion of General Douglas MacArthur?

4. Why did Frances Perkins decide to dress like an older mother when dealing with male members of congress?

5. What offense was Day arrested and jailed for in 1917?

6. Why was Day intensely annoyed with Forster Batterham during the time when she nursed his partner Nanette through her terminal illness?

7. How does Brooks describe Adam I in the Introduction?

8. What was a tactic Dwight Eisenhower used to manage his anger and emotions that involved writing?

9. How did Perkins initially win over Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trust?

10. Why did Day set out to write about the experience of childbirth after having her child?

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