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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offered to marry Rustin?

2. What is the title of Augustine's seminal written work?

3. What is arguably Eliot's most famous novel?

4. What trait does Brooks say made it hard for Marshall to develop friendships?

5. What was Marshall's first assignment after the death of his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Augustine's relationship with his mother like?

2. How was Marshall affected by his wife's sudden death?

3. In what ways were Eliot and George Lewes well-matched as a couple?

4. What kinds of romantic relationships characterized Eliot's years as a young woman?

5. As a young woman, what causes a large rift between Eliot and her father?

6. For Augustine, what did the stealing of the pears symbolize?

7. How did Virginia Woolf characterize Eliot's work?

8. What significant event during the Civil Rights era did Rustin help to organize and execute?

9. What crisis did Eliot write about concerning women's situation in society in her novel Middlemarch?

10. What kind of devotion dominated Eliot's teenage years?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why did A. Philip Randolph change his opinions and attitudes towards Communism, and how did this change affect his work in the Civil Rights movement? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Brooks think that the common commencement address advice for graduates to follow their passion is flawed? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your arguments (21).

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining the differences, as Brooks defines them, between vocation and career.

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