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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. How many times was Day arrested?
(a) Four times.
(b) Twice.
(c) Dozens of times.
(d) Eight times.

2. In Chapter 3, what word does Brooks argue has lost its power and intensity?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Sin.

3. In Chapter 3, Brooks argues that sin is communal, but error is which of the following?
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Individual.
(c) Heroic.
(d) Preventable.

4. Immanuel Kant once wrote that no straight thing was ever made out of which of the following?
(a) The crooked timber of humanity.
(b) An egotistical personality.
(c) A sinner's wishes.
(d) Cedar wood.

5. What did Dwight Eisenhower say freedom as been defined as in his 1957 State of the Union Address?
(a) The opportunity for heroism.
(b) Nothing left to lose.
(c) The opportunity for self-discipline.
(d) An open road.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of Day's novel that was based on her early disordered life?

2. What did Marshall believe one must do the less he agreed with the policies of his superiors?

3. What trait does Brooks say Randolph exuded, in the same way that Marshall had?

4. What did Dwight Eisenhower warn Americans about in his farewell speech when he left the presidency?

5. In Chapter 2, what tragic historical event inspires Frances Perkins to begin her life of activism?

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