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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Introduction - Chapter 2).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Perkins' daughter once do as an adult that embarrassed Perkins?
(a) Appeared drunk at a wedding.
(b) Wore wildly inappropriate attire to a society event.
(c) Eloped.
(d) Spent all her money and ended up in jail.

2. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?
(a) Pope Pius IV.
(b) Rabbi Andrew Wyelin.
(c) Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik.
(d) Pope John Paul II.

3. Who led a factory strike in 1909 to try to help female industrial workers improve their work conditions?
(a) Rose Schneiderman.
(b) Dorothy Day.
(c) Frances Perkins.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt.

4. In Chapter 1, Brooks writes that the struggle against the weakness in yourself is never which of the following?
(a) A solitary struggle.
(b) An easy struggle.
(c) A worthwhile struggle.
(d) A paid struggle.

5. Who wrote a book about his experiences as a concentration camp prisoner during WWII?
(a) Alan Wisel.
(b) Viktor Frankl.
(c) Rabbi Jacob Bateman.
(d) Rose Henderberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Kirstin Downey's biography about Perkins?

2. What did Perkins' mother tell her as a young girl she should always wear?

3. What well-known war correspondent's work did the radio program Brooks describes in Chapter 1 feature?

4. Immanuel Kant once wrote that no straight thing was ever made out of which of the following?

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

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