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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 was one tactic Eisenhower used when he was irritated with someone as a way of controlling his anger?
(a) He wrote their name on a piece of paper and threw it in the trash.
(b) He talked to his wife about it.
(c) He went on hikes to relax.
(d) He recorded himself giving the person a piece of his mind.

2. In Chapter 1, Brooks writes that the struggle against the weakness in yourself is never which of the following?
(a) An easy struggle.
(b) A paid struggle.
(c) A worthwhile struggle.
(d) A solitary struggle.

3. Who did Day have a child with?
(a) Forster Batterham.
(b) Daniel Day Smith.
(c) David Farber.
(d) Sinclair Lewis.

4. What was the title of Day's novel that was based on her early disordered life?
(a) The Day the Music Died.
(b) The Big Earthquake.
(c) The Eleventh Virgin.
(d) The Solitude of Activism.

5. In Chapter 1, what does Brooks describe as the habit of a friend who works on self-improvement and who Brooks admires?
(a) His friend spends a few moments right before bed every night reviewing his mistakes of the day.
(b) His friend spends two hours each night exercising and reading the bible.
(c) His friend spends an hour each night calling everyone in his family for a quick chat.
(d) His friend spends an hour each night carefully cooking the next day's meals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times was Day arrested?

3. How does Brooks describe Dwight Eisenhower's father?

4. Who led a factory strike in 1909 to try to help female industrial workers improve their work conditions?

5. Kierkegaard once wrote that only the one who descends into the underworld does which of the following?

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