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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. What kind of publication was the New York Call?

2. What was the most important moral lesson Day learned as a child?

3. How did Day feel when listening to Mary’s stories?

4. How did Day’s father feel about the radical movement?

5. What kind of man did Day think Tolstoy was?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Day’s family feel about religion growing up?

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

3. How did Day feel when she was exposed to Tolstoi?

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

5. What did Day do the first time she visited the White House?

6. How did Day feel about Emma Goldman, and why?

7. What was The Masses?

8. What was Day exposed to for the first time through her friendship with Raph and Reyna?

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

10. What was Day imprisoned for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Day’s father tried hard to protect his family from what he saw wrong in the world. How did he go about this, and what affect did this have on Day?

Essay Topic 2

Purity is a main theme of this book. How is this theme presented, and why would this be so central in a plot like this?

Essay Topic 3

Day held many writing jobs in different capacities throughout her career. What were some of these different positions and what did she learn from them?

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