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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the radical newspaper where Day got her first job?
(a) The Call.
(b) The Morning Herald.
(c) The Worker's Rebellion.
(d) The Red Banner.

2. Harry Emerson Fosdick once wrote that the beginning of worth-while living involves a confrontation with whom?
(a) Ourselves.
(b) Our Gods.
(c) Our parents.
(d) Our friends.

3. What radio program inspired Brooks to write the book?
(a) Command Performance.
(b) Fresh Air.
(c) All Things Considered.
(d) Hot Jazz.

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

5. What kind of apparel did Dwight Eisenhower often wear when he was in a foul temper?
(a) A brown suit.
(b) Wing-tipped shoes.
(c) A baseball cap.
(d) A black suit.

6. Where was Frances Perkins born?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Chicago.

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

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

9. When did Day officially join the Catholic Church?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1935.

10. 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 was a concrete living example of Catholic ideals.
(c) She was a fantastic and persuasive writer.
(d) She gave up her whole life to become a nun.

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

12. Who led a factory strike in 1909 to try to help female industrial workers improve their work conditions?
(a) Rose Schneiderman.
(b) Frances Perkins.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Dorothy Day.

13. Who was Dwight Eisenhower's vice president?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

14. In Chapter 4, what kind of job did Dorothy Day's father have?
(a) He was a journalist.
(b) He was a construction worker.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a coal miner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Perkins name her daughter?

2. What does Brooks say, in Chapter 3, is the most powerful way of fighting sin?

3. What does Brooks say his book is about in his introduction?

4. Who did Day have a child with?

5. Brooks quotes writer Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn as saying the line separating good and evil passes through what place?

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