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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. Where did Randolph move at the beginning of his career?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Selma.
(d) Orlando.

2. Who did Day have a child with?
(a) Sinclair Lewis.
(b) David Farber.
(c) Forster Batterham.
(d) Daniel Day Smith.

3. Why did Augustine's mother Monica tell him it was not necessary to bury her in Africa?
(a) Because she wanted to be cremated and buried at sea.
(b) Because she wanted to be buried in Carthage.
(c) Because she was not going to die any time soon.
(d) Because there was no place on earth that was far from God.

4. What significant federal program was Perkins an advocate for?
(a) The Jobs and Raises Act.
(b) The New Deal.
(c) The Affordable Care Act.
(d) The Americans With Disabilities Act.

5. What did Perkins' grandmother tell her to do when social disaster strikes?
(a) Write a newspaper column.
(b) Act as though nothing had happened.
(c) Take a vacation.
(d) Fight back.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, how does Brooks say people of great virtue make other people feel?

2. What two types of virtues does Brooks compare and contrast in the Introduction?

3. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?

4. What, according to Brooks, is one key paradox of pride?

5. What was Augustine's first step to reforming his own life?

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