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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 did Ida Eisenhower do after losing a son named Paul?
(a) Joined a religious group that would later evolve into the Jehovah's Witnesses.
(b) Became even more loving and caring to her other children.
(c) Had a nervous breakdown.
(d) Left the family.

2. What trait does Brooks say Randolph exuded, in the same way that Marshall had?
(a) Self-mastery.
(b) Anger.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Intellect.

3. Why did George Marshall refuse to keep a diary?
(a) He did not like reading.
(b) He did not like writing.
(c) He did not like the smell of the common leather diaries of the day.
(d) He thought it would cause him to focus too much on himself.

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

5. What did Perkins name her daughter?
(a) Jane.
(b) Maureen.
(c) Cora.
(d) Susanna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ida Eisenhower study in college?

2. What terms does Brooks use to describe a life of humility versus a life of egotism in Chapter 1?

3. What kind of illness did Perkins' husband suffer from?

4. What does Brooks compare self-control to?

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

(see the answer key)

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