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

2. Who was Dwight Eisenhower's vice president?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

3. How many times was Day arrested?
(a) Four times.
(b) Dozens of times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Eight times.

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

5. What did Perkins' grandmother tell her to do when social disaster strikes?
(a) Take a vacation.
(b) Write a newspaper column.
(c) Act as though nothing had happened.
(d) Fight back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ida Eisenhower born?

2. When did Day officially join the Catholic Church?

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

4. What did an aide of Dwight Eisenhower's compare Eisenhower's temper to?

5. What does Brooks compare self-control to?

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