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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 job did Marshall take right after the end of WWII, even though he did not really want it?
(a) U.S. Ambassador to China.
(b) U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
(c) Head of the Red Cross.
(d) Secretary of State.

2. Which well-known WWII general did Dwight Eisenhower serve under and have a low opinion of?
(a) General George Marshall.
(b) General Gerald Ford.
(c) General Michael Smith.
(d) General Douglas MacArthur.

3. What well-known war correspondent's work did the radio program Brooks describes in Chapter 1 feature?
(a) David Mitchell.
(b) David Halberstam.
(c) Ernie Pyle.
(d) Carl Bernstein.

4. What led to Rustin's public disgrace?
(a) His arrests for homosexual acts.
(b) His drug addiction.
(c) His gambling addiction.
(d) His embezzling of donated funds.

5. What did Dwight Eisenhower say freedom as been defined as in his 1957 State of the Union Address?
(a) The opportunity for self-discipline.
(b) An open road.
(c) Nothing left to lose.
(d) The opportunity for heroism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harry Emerson Fosdick once wrote that the beginning of worth-while living involves a confrontation with whom?

2. What did Ida Eisenhower forbid in her house?

3. What kind of illness did Marshall's wife suffer from?

4. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?

5. What cabinet-level position did Perkins hold during the Roosevelt years?

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