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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) Drinking and dancing.
(b) Singing and darts.
(c) Exercising.
(d) Cursing.

2. What does Brooks say his book is about in his introduction?
(a) Adam II.
(b) Careers.
(c) Job.
(d) Jesus.

3. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?
(a) Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik.
(b) Rabbi Andrew Wyelin.
(c) Pope Pius IV.
(d) Pope John Paul II.

4. Which important political figure did Perkins assist early in his career?
(a) Charles Wilson.
(b) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) James Madison.

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

6. What does Brooks say, in Chapter 3, is the most powerful way of fighting sin?
(a) Going to church.
(b) Living in a sweet, loving way.
(c) Giving to charity.
(d) Practicing what you preach.

7. In Chapter 2, what tragic historical event inspires Frances Perkins to begin her life of activism?
(a) The beginning of WWII.
(b) The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
(c) The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
(d) The beginning of WWI.

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

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

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

11. What kind of literature had a great impact on Day's thinking early in her adulthood?
(a) Italian.
(b) Greek.
(c) Russian.
(d) British.

12. What did Perkins name her daughter?
(a) Cora.
(b) Jane.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Susanna.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Day die?

2. What well-known war correspondent's work did the radio program Brooks describes in Chapter 1 feature?

3. What terms does Brooks use to describe a life of humility versus a life of egotism in Chapter 1?

4. What did an aide of Dwight Eisenhower's compare Eisenhower's temper to?

5. Who founded Hull House?

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