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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 say, in Chapter 3, is the most powerful way of fighting sin?
(a) Going to church.
(b) Practicing what you preach.
(c) Giving to charity.
(d) Living in a sweet, loving way.

2. What is the title of William James' treatise that Brooks reference in Chapter 3?
(a) Self-control.
(b) Habit.
(c) Sin.
(d) Love and Hate.

3. Harry Emerson Fosdick once wrote that the beginning of worth-while living involves a confrontation with whom?
(a) Ourselves.
(b) Our Gods.
(c) Our parents.
(d) Our friends.

4. What well-known war correspondent's work did the radio program Brooks describes in Chapter 1 feature?
(a) David Halberstam.
(b) David Mitchell.
(c) Carl Bernstein.
(d) Ernie Pyle.

5. What did an aide of Dwight Eisenhower's compare Eisenhower's temper to?
(a) The sun.
(b) A five-alarm fire.
(c) A Bessemer furnace.
(d) Molten lava.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Brooks say Day inspired generations of Catholics to come after her?

3. What did Dwight Eisenhower say freedom as been defined as in his 1957 State of the Union Address?

4. Who did Day have a child with?

5. What two types of virtues does Brooks compare and contrast in the Introduction?

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