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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. Who does Augustine encounter in Milan that changes his outlook on happiness and purpose?
(a) The emperor.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A long-lost brother.

2. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?
(a) Rabbi Andrew Wyelin.
(b) Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik.
(c) Pope Pius IV.
(d) Pope John Paul II.

3. How does Brooks describe Dwight Eisenhower's father?
(a) Gentle and honest.
(b) Flighty and undependable.
(c) Gregarious and outspoken.
(d) Solitary and difficult.

4. What biblical reference does Brooks use to describe two opposing sides of human nature?
(a) Adam I and Adam II.
(b) Jesus I and Jesus II.
(c) Moses and Job.
(d) Mary and Joseph.

5. What do biographers often attribute Eliot's messy romantic life to?
(a) Eliot's extreme shyness.
(b) The fact that Eliot was an orphan.
(c) The absence of maternal love.
(d) The fraught relationship Eliot had with her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Eliot meet the man who would become her life-long partner?

2. Who did Eliot often dedicate her novels to?

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

4. What was the title of Day's novel that was based on her early disordered life?

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

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