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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kay is charmed by Phil's ability to penetrate ___________ when they talk with each other.
(a) Lies
(b) Humor
(c) Hard topics
(d) Human nature

2. In 1941, _____________ declares the Washington Post a journal of national importance.
(a) The president
(b) Eugene Meyer
(c) New York Times
(d) Time

3. WWI falls conveniently at the time Eugene's __________ calls for him to take up public service.
(a) Age
(b) Map of life
(c) Stocks
(d) Energy

4. What is the nickname of family friend Eleanor Medill Patterson?
(a) Lili
(b) Cissy
(c) Tissa
(d) Lovey

5. What reveals a frightening frenzy in Phil and almost forces them to call off the wedding?
(a) Women
(b) Disappointment
(c) Drinking
(d) Drugs

6. Kay battles with a hated __________ teacher about a paper on the position of women in the Middle Ages.
(a) Literature
(b) English
(c) History
(d) Anthropology

7. Kay begins to write the __________ section of the Sunday Post while Phil is busy at work.
(a) Brains
(b) Sports
(c) Society
(d) Entertainment

8. Who learns of the purchase of Eugene's publication, though she learns of it secondhand?
(a) Kay
(b) Flo
(c) Ruth
(d) Agnes

9. What is the nickname the children have for their initial caretaker?
(a) Maria
(b) Powelly
(c) Miss Fitch
(d) Madame Powell

10. What do Phil and Kay call their baby, who is causing Kay to be on bedrest to avoid another miscarriage?
(a) Petunia
(b) Plum
(c) Cookie
(d) Sweetness

11. What is the name of the journal of the New School for Social Research that Agnes helps to co-found and edit?
(a) Crimson
(b) 291
(c) The Tidal
(d) The Inner Work

12. What is the nickname of the daughter, Elizabeth, who is born in 1914?
(a) Liz
(b) Bethie
(c) Lili
(d) Bis

13. What is the huge country home of the Meyers at Mt. Kisco referred to as?
(a) The beauty
(b) The homestead
(c) The country
(d) The farm

14. What is the traumatic event that happens to Eugene's brother, Edgar?
(a) He is murdered
(b) He drowns in his bath tub
(c) Commits suicide
(d) Perishes on Titanic

15. Who do Kay's friends find most intimidating when they are over at her house?
(a) Kay
(b) Mother
(c) Elizabeth
(d) Ruth

Short Answer Questions

1. Phili is also the co-editor of the prestigious ____________ at his university.

2. What does Phil most enjoy about the military and its boot camp?

3. The ____________, unlike Father, cannot subsidize the losses of the paper and are fortunate the CBS radio operation is profitable.

4. ___________ is a difficult baby and Kay has to lean on her three-year-old, Lally, for assistance.

5. Eugene Meyer is a 32-year-old self-made millionaire _________ and art collector.

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