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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Perkins' grandmother tell her to do when social disaster strikes?
(a) Act as though nothing had happened.
(b) Take a vacation.
(c) Write a newspaper column.
(d) Fight back.

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, Eisenhower is quoted as saying he tried to remember to rely on planning, but to also do which of the following?
(a) Have at least three Plan Bs.
(b) Always have the best people around you.
(c) Follow the commands of your superiors.
(d) Never trust plans.

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

6. What did Ida Eisenhower do after losing a son named Paul?
(a) Joined a religious group that would later evolve into the Jehovah's Witnesses.
(b) Became even more loving and caring to her other children.
(c) Had a nervous breakdown.
(d) Left the family.

7. Where did Dwight Eisenhower grow up?
(a) Abilene, Kansas.
(b) Columbus, Ohio.
(c) Mobile, Alabama.
(d) Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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

9. What did Day name her daughter?
(a) Tamar.
(b) Jane.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Alexandra.

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

11. What well-known war correspondent's work did the radio program Brooks describes in Chapter 1 feature?
(a) Carl Bernstein.
(b) David Halberstam.
(c) Ernie Pyle.
(d) David Mitchell.

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

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

14. What is one characteristic that people who are calm and centered in their lives exhibit, according to Brooks in the Introduction?
(a) They hug everyone.
(b) They read constantly.
(c) They give money to the poor.
(d) They radiate a sort of moral joy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspaper did Day found?

2. What did Dwight Eisenhower warn Americans about in his farewell speech when he left the presidency?

3. How does Brooks describe Dwight Eisenhower's father?

4. What does Brooks compare self-control to?

5. In Chapter 3, what word does Brooks argue has lost its power and intensity?

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