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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. In the Introduction, how does Brooks say people of great virtue make other people feel?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Smaller and less intelligent.
(c) Funnier and smarter.
(d) Angry.

2. Who raised Rustin?
(a) His mother.
(b) His older brother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His grandparents.

3. How does Brooks describe a significant cultural shift from the WWII era to today in Chapter 10?
(a) Little Me to Big Me.
(b) Selfless to Selfish.
(c) Individual to Collective.
(d) Right to Left.

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

5. Which of the following traits did many people observe Eliot possessed?
(a) She was often depressed and lethargic.
(b) She was scarily perceptive of other people's emotions and motivations.
(c) She had an extremely volatile temper.
(d) She had a photographic memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his Humility Code, Brooks says we live not for happiness, but for which of the following?

2. Brooks argues Johnson saw literature and art as which of the following?

3. What did Marshall believe one must do the less he agreed with the policies of his superiors?

4. Who sent Brooks an email responding to a column he wrote that Brooks says explains the mythology of his book?

5. Who did Eliot fall in love with when she was 32?

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