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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 did Ida Eisenhower study in college?
(a) Law.
(b) Writing.
(c) Music.
(d) Medicine.

2. Where was Frances Perkins born?
(a) Boston.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York City.
(d) Chicago.

3. In Chapter 4, what kind of job did Dorothy Day's father have?
(a) He was a doctor.
(b) He was a journalist.
(c) He was a coal miner.
(d) He was a construction worker.

4. What did Dwight Eisenhower warn Americans about in his farewell speech when he left the presidency?
(a) Starting another war.
(b) Rank materialism.
(c) Getting into entangling alliances.
(d) The dangers of the military-industrial complex.

5. What did Dwight Eisenhower say freedom as been defined as in his 1957 State of the Union Address?
(a) The opportunity for self-discipline.
(b) Nothing left to lose.
(c) An open road.
(d) The opportunity for heroism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspaper did Day found?

2. What university did Perkins teach at towards the end of her life?

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

4. What is the title of William James' treatise that Brooks reference in Chapter 3?

5. How many times was Day arrested?

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