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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. Which well-known WWII general did Dwight Eisenhower serve under and have a low opinion of?
(a) General George Marshall.
(b) General Michael Smith.
(c) General Douglas MacArthur.
(d) General Gerald Ford.

2. How does Brooks describe Dwight Eisenhower's father?
(a) Gentle and honest.
(b) Gregarious and outspoken.
(c) Flighty and undependable.
(d) Solitary and difficult.

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

4. What did Perkins name her daughter?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Maureen.
(c) Jane.
(d) Cora.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspaper did Day found?

2. In the Introduction, how does Brooks say people of great virtue make other people feel?

3. At what age did Ida Eisenhower leave her domestic job to strike out on her own and enroll in high school?

4. In Chapter 2, what tragic historical event inspires Frances Perkins to begin her life of activism?

5. Who wrote a book about his experiences as a concentration camp prisoner during WWII?

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