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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 3 - 4).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brooks compare self-control to?
(a) A communal concert.
(b) A muscle that tires easily.
(c) Sunglasses on a cloudy day.
(d) A plant that needs water and tending.

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

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

4. In Chapter 2, what tragic historical event inspires Frances Perkins to begin her life of activism?
(a) The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
(b) The beginning of WWI.
(c) The beginning of WWII.
(d) The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

5. What did Ida Eisenhower forbid in her house?
(a) Exercising.
(b) Cursing.
(c) Drinking and dancing.
(d) Singing and darts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Frances Perkins married to?

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

3. How does Brooks describe Dwight Eisenhower's father?

4. What was Day fascinated with as an adolescent, according to Brooks?

5. Where did Perkins live in New York City with her husband?

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