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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 his book is about in his introduction?
(a) Careers.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Adam II.
(d) Job.

2. What privilege was conferred upon Augustine at a very young age?
(a) His selection as a lead debater at his school.
(b) His appointment as the leader of the Roman army.
(c) The chance to speak in front of the imperial court.
(d) His induction into the priesthood.

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

4. What kind of a romantic relationship did Augustine have for more than a decade?
(a) A strong marriage to one woman, Cassandra.
(b) An arranged marriage to a distant cousin.
(c) A relationship with a common-law wife.
(d) A close relationship with a concubine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Day officially join the Catholic Church?

2. Who did Eliot fall in love with when she was 32?

3. What well-known war correspondent's work did the radio program Brooks describes in Chapter 1 feature?

4. Where did Randolph move at the beginning of his career?

5. How many times was Day arrested?

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