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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) Spent all her money and ended up in jail.
(b) Appeared drunk at a wedding.
(c) Wore wildly inappropriate attire to a society event.
(d) Eloped.

2. What is the title of Kirstin Downey's biography about Perkins?
(a) The Woman Behind the New Deal.
(b) The Calm Before the Storm.
(c) My History.
(d) A Life in Activism.

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

4. In Chapter 1, what does Brooks describe as the habit of a friend who works on self-improvement and who Brooks admires?
(a) His friend spends a few moments right before bed every night reviewing his mistakes of the day.
(b) His friend spends an hour each night calling everyone in his family for a quick chat.
(c) His friend spends an hour each night carefully cooking the next day's meals.
(d) His friend spends two hours each night exercising and reading the bible.

5. What happens to Perkins in 1939 that tests her resilience?
(a) She is fired.
(b) Her mother dies.
(c) She is the subject of impeachment proceedings.
(d) Her husband dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kierkegaard once wrote that only the one who descends into the underworld does which of the following?

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

3. Where was Frances Perkins born?

4. What cabinet-level position did Perkins hold during the Roosevelt years?

5. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?

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