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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 Chapter 5, Brooks argues it is rare to meet someone today with what kind of a mindset?
(a) Institutional.
(b) Moral.
(c) Religious.
(d) Service.

2. What was Day fascinated with as an adolescent, according to Brooks?
(a) Insects.
(b) Modern music.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Sex.

3. Brooks quotes writer Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn as saying the line separating good and evil passes through what place?
(a) States.
(b) eyes.
(c) The human heart.
(d) Gardens.

4. Who did Eliot fall in love with when she was 32?
(a) Ralph Elison.
(b) James Byron.
(c) Henry Wordsworth Longfellow.
(d) Herbert Spencer.

5. In Chapter 5, what is a trait Brooks argues is common among modest people who achieve great success?
(a) They do not view failure as a negative thing.
(b) They are extraordinarily intelligent.
(c) Someone once told them they were too stupid to do something, and they vowed to prove them wrong.
(d) They are extraordinarily wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which singer performed at the 1963 March on Washington?

3. What did Day name her daughter?

4. What kind of work did Johnson sign a contract in 1746 to complete?

5. What privilege was conferred upon Augustine at a very young age?

(see the answer key)

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