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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 1, what does Brooks describe as the habit of a friend who works on self-improvement and who Brooks admires?
(a) His friend spends an hour each night carefully cooking the next day's meals.
(b) His friend spends a few moments right before bed every night reviewing his mistakes of the day.
(c) His friend spends an hour each night calling everyone in his family for a quick chat.
(d) His friend spends two hours each night exercising and reading the bible.

2. What led to Rustin's public disgrace?
(a) His gambling addiction.
(b) His arrests for homosexual acts.
(c) His embezzling of donated funds.
(d) His drug addiction.

3. In Chapter 5, what is a trait Brooks argues is common among modest people who achieve great success?
(a) Someone once told them they were too stupid to do something, and they vowed to prove them wrong.
(b) They are extraordinarily wealthy.
(c) They are extraordinarily intelligent.
(d) They do not view failure as a negative thing.

4. How does Brooks describe Namath's personality?
(a) Flamboyant and egotistical.
(b) Volatile and angry.
(c) Shy and reserved.
(d) Confident, yet humble.

5. In his Humility Code, what does Brooks say we are all ultimately saved by?
(a) Our own weakness.
(b) Grace.
(c) Our foes.
(d) Our friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Randolph move at the beginning of his career?

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

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

4. What famous novella did Leo Tolstoy publish in 1886?

5. Which well-known WWII general did Dwight Eisenhower serve under and have a low opinion of?

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