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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. What kind of man did Day think Tolstoy was?
(a) Forceful
(b) Wonderful
(c) Powerful
(d) Peaceful

2. Where did Day stay when first attending Mass?
(a) The middle pew
(b) The stairs
(c) The back of the room
(d) The doorway

3. Why did Day have a hard time writing this book?
(a) She was ashamed of her past
(b) She couldn’t write well
(c) She didn’t like talking about herself
(d) She didn’t have time

4. Why was it strange that Day spent so much of her childhood alone?
(a) She was very social
(b) She was nice to everyone
(c) She had siblings
(d) Her father was always home

5. What ethnicity was Ralph?
(a) Italian
(b) Chinese
(c) Jewish
(d) German

Short Answer Questions

1. What Catholic principal was Day’s societal philosophies similar to?

2. How often did the New York Call go to print?

3. What book opened Day’s eyes up about the Industrial movement?

4. Why did the people at the New York Call rarely attack religion?

5. How did Day feel when she first read the Bible?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Day comfort herself in prison, and how did this make her feel?

2. How did Day feel when she first read the Bible?

3. What made confession hard for Day?

4. How did Day’s father show his intolerance?

5. What was The Masses?

6. How did Day’s father treat his family?

7. What were the results of the agitations Day was involved in?

8. What did Day write about mostly when she first moved to New York?

9. Who was Trotsky, and how did Day meet him?

10. What happened when Day read The Jungle?

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