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

2. What well-known war correspondent's work did the radio program Brooks describes in Chapter 1 feature?
(a) David Mitchell.
(b) Carl Bernstein.
(c) David Halberstam.
(d) Ernie Pyle.

3. What did Winston Churchill do when he visited Marshall in the hospital during his final illness?
(a) Weeped at the doorway.
(b) Spoke to the doctors about new avenues for medical care.
(c) Brought flowers and chocolates.
(d) Consoled Marshall's son.

4. Where did Perkins live in New York City with her husband?
(a) Around Washington Square.
(b) The East Village.
(c) The Upper West Side.
(d) Harlem.

5. Who offered to marry Rustin?
(a) Dorothy Day.
(b) Jane Addams.
(c) Helen Winnemore.
(d) Lily Perkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pacifist organization did Rustin join after moving to Harlem?

2. How old was Marshall's wife when she died?

3. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?

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

5. What kind of illness did Marshall's wife suffer from?

(see the answer key)

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