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

2. Who does Augustine encounter in Milan that changes his outlook on happiness and purpose?
(a) A long-lost brother.
(b) The emperor.
(c) A beggar.
(d) A prostitute.

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

4. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?
(a) Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik.
(b) Rabbi Andrew Wyelin.
(c) Pope John Paul II.
(d) Pope Pius IV.

5. In the Introduction, how does Brooks say people of great virtue make other people feel?
(a) Funnier and smarter.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Smaller and less intelligent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raised Rustin?

2. What is the title of Augustine's seminal written work?

3. Why did Augustine's mother Monica tell him it was not necessary to bury her in Africa?

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

5. What radio program inspired Brooks to write the book?

(see the answer key)

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