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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 did Ida Eisenhower do after losing a son named Paul?
(a) Joined a religious group that would later evolve into the Jehovah's Witnesses.
(b) Left the family.
(c) Had a nervous breakdown.
(d) Became even more loving and caring to her other children.

2. What did Perkins' grandmother tell her to do when social disaster strikes?
(a) Act as though nothing had happened.
(b) Take a vacation.
(c) Fight back.
(d) Write a newspaper column.

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

4. What significant civil rights event did Rustin help plan and execute?
(a) The 1963 March on Washington.
(b) The sit-in at lunch counters.
(c) The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
(d) The church protests.

5. What did Dwight Eisenhower warn Americans about in his farewell speech when he left the presidency?
(a) The dangers of the military-industrial complex.
(b) Rank materialism.
(c) Starting another war.
(d) Getting into entangling alliances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event did Randolph plan to organize in 1941 to highlight the discrimination against blacks in the workforce?

2. What job does Brooks write that Marshall must have been devastated not to have gotten from Roosevelt?

3. How did his wife's death change Marshall's approach to life?

4. When did Day officially join the Catholic Church?

5. How many times was Day arrested?

(see the answer key)

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