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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. 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 an hour each night calling everyone in his family for a quick chat.
(b) His friend spends a few moments right before bed every night reviewing his mistakes of the day.
(c) His friend spends two hours each night exercising and reading the bible.
(d) His friend spends an hour each night carefully cooking the next day's meals.

2. Who founded Hull House?
(a) Jane Addams.
(b) Frances Perkins.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) Dorothy Day.

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

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

5. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?
(a) Rabbi Andrew Wyelin.
(b) Pope John Paul II.
(c) Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik.
(d) Pope Pius IV.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a book about his experiences as a concentration camp prisoner during WWII?

2. Which important political figure did Perkins assist early in his career?

3. What kind of literature had a great impact on Day's thinking early in her adulthood?

4. What did Perkins' grandmother tell her to do when social disaster strikes?

5. In Chapter 3, what word does Brooks argue has lost its power and intensity?

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