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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 is one way in which Brooks defines Eliot?
(a) As an abolitionist.
(b) As a meliorist.
(c) As a puritan.
(d) As a pacifist.

2. What trait does Brooks say Randolph exuded, in the same way that Marshall had?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Anger.
(c) Self-mastery.
(d) Honesty.

3. What illness did Eliot nurse her mother throughout?
(a) Breast cancer.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Polio.
(d) Typhoid.

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

5. What was the nickname of the son Dwight Eisenhower lost to premature death?
(a) Icky.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Sport.
(d) Dave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Perkins' daughter once do as an adult that embarrassed Perkins?

2. What was George Eliot's given name at birth?

3. What was one tactic Eisenhower used when he was irritated with someone as a way of controlling his anger?

4. In Chapter 3, Eisenhower is quoted as saying he tried to remember to rely on planning, but to also do which of the following?

5. Where did Marshall attend college?

(see the answer key)

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