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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. When was Augustine born?
(a) 500.
(b) 1345.
(c) 354.
(d) 1650.

2. Which mayor offered Randolph a job in the 1930s?
(a) Mayor Rudolph Guiliani.
(b) Mayor George Pataki.
(c) Mayor Fiorello La Guadria.
(d) Mayor Mario Cuomo.

3. Where was Frances Perkins born?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Boston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

4. Brooks quotes writer Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn as saying the line separating good and evil passes through what place?
(a) The human heart.
(b) States.
(c) eyes.
(d) Gardens.

5. How old was Marshall's wife when she died?
(a) 53.
(b) 43.
(c) 80.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of illness did Marshall's wife suffer from?

2. What is the title of Kirstin Downey's biography about Perkins?

3. What does Brooks say his book is about in his introduction?

4. What did Perkins' mother tell her as a young girl she should always wear?

5. What factor contributed to Marshall's rise through the military ranks during the 1930s?

(see the answer key)

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