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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 factor contributed to Marshall's rise through the military ranks during the 1930s?
(a) Marshall was very skilled at speaking with the press.
(b) The reforms Marshall had pushed for were reaping great benefits.
(c) President Roosevelt liked Marshall.
(d) Personal merit became a more important factor during the rise of Fascism in Europe.

2. What happens to Perkins in 1939 that tests her resilience?
(a) Her mother dies.
(b) Her husband dies.
(c) She is the subject of impeachment proceedings.
(d) She is fired.

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

4. What did an aide of Dwight Eisenhower's compare Eisenhower's temper to?
(a) Molten lava.
(b) A five-alarm fire.
(c) A Bessemer furnace.
(d) The sun.

5. What did Eliot's father become very successful in as a line of work?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was a land agent.
(c) He was a writer.
(d) He was a chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Brooks writes that the struggle against the weakness in yourself is never which of the following?

2. Where was George Marshall born?

3. Who was Dwight Eisenhower's vice president?

4. Which skills helped win Day a college scholarship?

5. What did Ida Eisenhower do after losing a son named Paul?

(see the answer key)

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