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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. In Chapter 6, who does Brooks say was the most prominent Civil Rights leader in America at the time the program Command Performance aired?
(a) Nat Turner.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) A. Philip Randolph.
(d) Rosa Parks.

2. How did his wife's death change Marshall's approach to life?
(a) He became less taciturn and more social.
(b) He went to medical school.
(c) He withdrew from public life and languished in solidarity.
(d) He left the military and took a new job managing a charity.

3. How old was Marshall's wife when she died?
(a) 60.
(b) 43.
(c) 80.
(d) 53.

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

5. Kierkegaard once wrote that only the one who descends into the underworld does which of the following?
(a) Rescues the beloved.
(b) Reaps the rewards.
(c) Finds the light.
(d) Redeems herself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which general visited Marshall's unit in October 1917?

3. What kind of funeral did Marshall want?

4. What kind of literature had a great impact on Day's thinking early in her adulthood?

5. What led to Rustin's public disgrace?

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