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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ida Eisenhower forbid in her house?
(a) Singing and darts.
(b) Cursing.
(c) Exercising.
(d) Drinking and dancing.

2. Where was Ida Eisenhower born?
(a) New York City.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) The Hudson River Valley.
(d) The Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.

3. Which skills helped win Day a college scholarship?
(a) Debating.
(b) Latin and Greek.
(c) Writing.
(d) Chemistry.

4. In Chapter 3, what word does Brooks argue has lost its power and intensity?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Hate.
(c) Sin.
(d) Love.

5. What was the title of Day's novel that was based on her early disordered life?
(a) The Eleventh Virgin.
(b) The Day the Music Died.
(c) The Big Earthquake.
(d) The Solitude of Activism.

6. What did Perkins' mother tell her as a young girl she should always wear?
(a) High-heeled shoes.
(b) An apron.
(c) A certain kind of three-cornered hat.
(d) Nylons.

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

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

9. Why does Brooks say Day inspired generations of Catholics to come after her?
(a) She advocated for the church to allow female priests.
(b) She gave up her whole life to become a nun.
(c) She was a fantastic and persuasive writer.
(d) She was a concrete living example of Catholic ideals.

10. In Chapter 1, Brooks writes that the struggle against the weakness in yourself is never which of the following?
(a) A solitary struggle.
(b) An easy struggle.
(c) A worthwhile struggle.
(d) A paid struggle.

11. Who did Ida Eisenhower marry?
(a) Laurence.
(b) David.
(c) John.
(d) James.

12. What did Dwight Eisenhower say freedom as been defined as in his 1957 State of the Union Address?
(a) The opportunity for heroism.
(b) An open road.
(c) The opportunity for self-discipline.
(d) Nothing left to lose.

13. 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.

14. At what age did Ida Eisenhower leave her domestic job to strike out on her own and enroll in high school?
(a) 13.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

15. Who wrote a book about his experiences as a concentration camp prisoner during WWII?
(a) Viktor Frankl.
(b) Rose Henderberg.
(c) Alan Wisel.
(d) Rabbi Jacob Bateman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of apparel did Dwight Eisenhower often wear when he was in a foul temper?

2. What is the title of William James' treatise that Brooks reference in Chapter 3?

3. When did Day officially join the Catholic Church?

4. Where was Frances Perkins born?

5. What was Day fascinated with as an adolescent, according to Brooks?

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