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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 5 - 6).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one tactic Eisenhower used when he was irritated with someone as a way of controlling his anger?
(a) He wrote their name on a piece of paper and threw it in the trash.
(b) He went on hikes to relax.
(c) He talked to his wife about it.
(d) He recorded himself giving the person a piece of his mind.

2. What pacifist organization did Rustin join after moving to Harlem?
(a) The Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
(b) The Priory of Zion.
(c) The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR).
(d) The Non-Violent Coalition of States.

3. What terms does Brooks use to describe a life of humility versus a life of egotism in Chapter 1?
(a) Big Life and Little Life.
(b) Big Me and Little Me.
(c) Big river and Little River.
(d) Big Lies and Little Lies.

4. What two types of virtues does Brooks compare and contrast in the Introduction?
(a) Country virtues and city virtues.
(b) Resume virtues and eulogy virtues.
(c) True virtues and false virtues.
(d) Career virtues and family virtues.

5. What trait does Brooks say made it hard for Marshall to develop friendships?
(a) His formality.
(b) His painful shyness.
(c) His lack of a sense of humor.
(d) His lack of self-confidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was George Marshall born?

2. What did Perkins' daughter once do as an adult that embarrassed Perkins?

3. What did Dwight Eisenhower say freedom as been defined as in his 1957 State of the Union Address?

4. Immanuel Kant once wrote that no straight thing was ever made out of which of the following?

5. What well-known war correspondent's work did the radio program Brooks describes in Chapter 1 feature?

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