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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 9 - 10).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who founded Hull House?
(a) Jane Addams.
(b) Jane Eyre.
(c) Frances Perkins.
(d) Dorothy Day.

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

3. What condition does Brooks say Johnson particularly dreaded?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Ill health.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Homelessness.

4. Which magazine published thinly-veiled fictionalized versions of speeches of parliament in 1738 that Johnson wrote?
(a) Harper's Bazaar.
(b) Vanity Fair.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Gentleman's Magazine.

5. Who sent Brooks an email responding to a column he wrote that Brooks says explains the mythology of his book?
(a) A veterinarian named Dave Jolly.
(b) A former teacher of Brooks' named Selena Jeffries.
(c) A writer named Emily Smith.
(d) A religious leader named Joel Jacobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following traits did many people observe Eliot possessed?

2. Where was George Marshall born?

3. Who led a factory strike in 1909 to try to help female industrial workers improve their work conditions?

4. Who wrote a book about his experiences as a concentration camp prisoner during WWII?

5. What does Brooks compare self-control to?

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