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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 two types of virtues does Brooks compare and contrast in the Introduction?
(a) Resume virtues and eulogy virtues.
(b) Career virtues and family virtues.
(c) True virtues and false virtues.
(d) Country virtues and city virtues.

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

3. What terms does Brooks use to describe a life of humility versus a life of egotism in Chapter 1?
(a) Big Lies and Little Lies.
(b) Big Me and Little Me.
(c) Big Life and Little Life.
(d) Big river and Little River.

4. Who did Eliot finally end up in a long, stable romantic relationship with?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Henry Wordsworth Longfellow.
(c) George Lewes.
(d) Henry James.

5. What pacifist organization did Rustin join after moving to Harlem?
(a) The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR).
(b) The Priory of Zion.
(c) The Non-Violent Coalition of States.
(d) The Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Short Answer Questions

1. What W.H. Auden poem does Brooks reference to help describe Eliot's decision to be with her life-long romantic partner?

2. In Chapter 3, Brooks argues that sin is communal, but error is which of the following?

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

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 was Frances Perkins born?

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