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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. Who was Dwight Eisenhower's vice president?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Richard Nixon.

2. In what situation was Marshall injured during his college years?
(a) In a hazing ritual.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) In a boating accident.
(d) On a training maneuver.

3. Which mayor offered Randolph a job in the 1930s?
(a) Mayor Rudolph Guiliani.
(b) Mayor George Pataki.
(c) Mayor Mario Cuomo.
(d) Mayor Fiorello La Guadria.

4. Who led a factory strike in 1909 to try to help female industrial workers improve their work conditions?
(a) Rose Schneiderman.
(b) Frances Perkins.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Dorothy Day.

5. Who sent Brooks an email responding to a column he wrote that Brooks says explains the mythology of his book?
(a) A former teacher of Brooks' named Selena Jeffries.
(b) A writer named Emily Smith.
(c) A religious leader named Joel Jacobs.
(d) A veterinarian named Dave Jolly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Marshall attend college?

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

3. What was the name of the radical newspaper where Day got her first job?

4. Where was George Marshall born?

5. What two types of virtues does Brooks compare and contrast in the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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