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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 7 - 8).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brooks say, in Chapter 3, is the most powerful way of fighting sin?
(a) Going to church.
(b) Living in a sweet, loving way.
(c) Practicing what you preach.
(d) Giving to charity.

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

3. What did Day name her daughter?
(a) Jane.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Tamar.
(d) Alexandra.

4. What significant federal program was Perkins an advocate for?
(a) The Jobs and Raises Act.
(b) The New Deal.
(c) The Affordable Care Act.
(d) The Americans With Disabilities Act.

5. In which work of Eliot's did she write of her disdain for "men of maxims"?
(a) Jane Eyre.
(b) The Mill on the Floss.
(c) Middlemarch.
(d) Adam Bede.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, Brooks argues it is rare to meet someone today with what kind of a mindset?

3. What privilege was conferred upon Augustine at a very young age?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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