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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 5 - 6).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Kirstin Downey's biography about Perkins?
(a) A Life in Activism.
(b) My History.
(c) The Woman Behind the New Deal.
(d) The Calm Before the Storm.

2. Where did Bayard Rustin grow up?
(a) New York.
(b) West Chester, Philadelphia.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. In Chapter 2, what tragic historical event inspires Frances Perkins to begin her life of activism?
(a) The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
(b) The beginning of WWII.
(c) The beginning of WWI.
(d) The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.

4. 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 worthwhile struggle.
(c) A solitary struggle.
(d) A paid struggle.

5. What did Ida Eisenhower forbid in her house?
(a) Exercising.
(b) Cursing.
(c) Drinking and dancing.
(d) Singing and darts.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Day die?

2. What does Brooks compare self-control to?

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

4. Which singer performed at the 1963 March on Washington?

5. Where did Perkins live in New York City with her husband?

(see the answer key)

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