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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Day say some people were compelled to help the poor?
(a) They were once poor themselves
(b) They heard the call from God
(c) They lived with a sense of guilt
(d) They feared becoming poor themselves

2. What did Father Roy say accompanied many acts of mercy?
(a) Pride
(b) Entitlement
(c) Guilt
(d) Resourcefulness

3. What surprised Day at Peter’s funeral?
(a) Not many people came
(b) She was overcome with grief
(c) She felt a sense of release
(d) People came from all over

4. What cause Peter to stop being able to think?
(a) Drugs
(b) A stroke
(c) He was attacked and hit on the head
(d) He drank too much

5. How did Day say we should show love to God?
(a) Men
(b) Women
(c) All of these things listed
(d) Children

6. What did Day like most about her first Catholic Retreat?
(a) The doctrine that was taught
(b) The closeness to nature
(c) The chance to share her writing
(d) The feeling of community

7. How did Day describe her early Catholicism?
(a) Silly and selfless
(b) Somber and solemn
(c) Solitary and selfish
(d) Strange and stale

8. What did Day and Peter have to work out when they began working together?
(a) Their goals
(b) Their schedules
(c) Their communication
(d) Their location

9. What did Day often do with Sasha?
(a) Sing
(b) Write
(c) Argue
(d) Dance

10. What did some people around Day say practicing Philosophy was?
(a) Practicing dying
(b) Practicing religion
(c) Practicing rhetoric
(d) Practicing anxiety

11. What caused people to take notice of the staff of the Catholic Worker?
(a) The end of the war
(b) An amazing article by Day
(c) Peter's death
(d) The presidential election

12. How old was Tamar when she first fell in love?
(a) 16
(b) 18
(c) 17
(d) 19

13. Why did Forster have a hard time relating with poor people?
(a) He suffered very little in his life
(b) He never would have asked for help
(c) The thought they should work harder
(d) He was never unhappy when he was poor

14. What did young people do with the product made by Peter and Day?
(a) They plagiarized it
(b) They burned it
(c) They gave it away
(d) They sold it on the street

15. What cause Day to ignore her daughter at times?
(a) All of these things listed
(b) Tamar's disabilities
(c) Day's schedule
(d) Tamar's resemblance to her father

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Day do when her child was born?

2. What kind of credit unions did Peter help to create?

3. What did Day say was the best way to help the poor?

4. How did Peter feel about detachment?

5. What business did Sasha own?

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