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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 7 - 8).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offered to marry Rustin?
(a) Dorothy Day.
(b) Lily Perkins.
(c) Jane Addams.
(d) Helen Winnemore.

2. How did Eliot end her novel Middlemarch?
(a) By celebrating those who lead humble lives.
(b) With a shocking plot twist.
(c) With a wedding scene.
(d) With a death scene.

3. In Chapter 3, Brooks argues that sin is communal, but error is which of the following?
(a) Preventable.
(b) Unnecessary.
(c) Heroic.
(d) Individual.

4. What significant civil rights event did Rustin help plan and execute?
(a) The church protests.
(b) The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
(c) The sit-in at lunch counters.
(d) The 1963 March on Washington.

5. Which mayor offered Randolph a job in the 1930s?
(a) Mayor George Pataki.
(b) Mayor Rudolph Guiliani.
(c) Mayor Fiorello La Guadria.
(d) Mayor Mario Cuomo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Dwight Eisenhower's vice president?

2. What was Marshall's wife's nickname?

3. Whose house did Eliot live in for a time along with this person's wife?

4. What did writer George Eliot say a human life should be well-rooted in?

5. Who remained loyal to Rustin and tried to help him stay involved in the Civil Rights movement?

(see the answer key)

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