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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 9 - 10).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, who does Brooks say was the most prominent Civil Rights leader in America at the time the program Command Performance aired?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Nat Turner.
(d) A. Philip Randolph.

2. How did his wife's death change Marshall's approach to life?
(a) He left the military and took a new job managing a charity.
(b) He went to medical school.
(c) He withdrew from public life and languished in solidarity.
(d) He became less taciturn and more social.

3. Where did both Johnny Unitas and Joe Namath grow up?
(a) Western Pennsylvania.
(b) The Pacific Northwest.
(c) Southern Florida.
(d) The Midwest.

4. What significant civil rights event did Rustin help plan and execute?
(a) The church protests.
(b) The sit-in at lunch counters.
(c) The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
(d) The 1963 March on Washington.

5. How does Brooks describe Johnson's physical appearance?
(a) Large, scarred, and ogrelike.
(b) Extremely tall and thin.
(c) Small and frail.
(d) Of average height and build.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trait does Brooks say made it hard for Marshall to develop friendships?

2. What disgusted Marshall about President Roosevelt's reaction to his news that plans for the North African invasion during WWII was ready?

3. What is one characteristic that people who are calm and centered in their lives exhibit, according to Brooks in the Introduction?

4. Why did Johnson have a hard time teaching?

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

(see the answer key)

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