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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 newspaper did Day found?
(a) The Catholic Light.
(b) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(c) The Modesto Bee.
(d) The Catholic Worker.

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

3. At what age did Ida Eisenhower leave her domestic job to strike out on her own and enroll in high school?
(a) 17.
(b) 13.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

4. In the Introduction, how does Brooks say people of great virtue make other people feel?
(a) Smaller and less intelligent.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Funnier and smarter.
(d) Angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Frances Perkins born?

2. Who was one of the people Perkins associate with in Greenwich Village?

3. When did Day die?

4. Which well-known WWII general did Dwight Eisenhower serve under and have a low opinion of?

5. What significant federal program was Perkins an advocate for?

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