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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was George Marshall born?
(a) Columbus, Ohio.
(b) Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
(c) Newton, New York.
(d) Scranton, Pennsylvania.

2. How old was Marshall's wife when she died?
(a) 60.
(b) 53.
(c) 80.
(d) 43.

3. What company did Randolph work very hard to help unionize?
(a) The Aster Company.
(b) The Vanderbilt Company.
(c) The Rockefeller Company.
(d) The Pullman Company.

4. To which sect did Augustine belong as a young man?
(a) The Jehovah's Witnesses.
(b) The Israelites.
(c) The Trojans.
(d) The Manichees.

5. Who was Augustine's mother?
(a) Ramona.
(b) Zorastra.
(c) Monica.
(d) Penelope.

6. What is one of the things Brooks says love depends upon?
(a) Ego.
(b) Chance.
(c) Vulnerability.
(d) Suspicion.

7. What was Augustine's first step to reforming his own life?
(a) Giving up all his possessions.
(b) Cutting ties with his mother.
(c) Leaving the Manichees.
(d) Making amends with his lover.

8. Between which two ideals was Augustine caught even as a young boy, according to Brooks?
(a) Those of the classical world and those of the Judeo-Christian world.
(b) Those of the West and those of the East.
(c) Those of the Roman Empire and those of the Greek Empire.
(d) Those of his family's and those of the church's.

9. Which of the following facets of human nature fascinated Augustine?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Memory.
(d) Hatred.

10. What was Marshall's wife's nickname?
(a) Laney.
(b) Lizzie.
(c) Larky.
(d) Lily.

11. What did Marshall believe one must do the less he agreed with the policies of his superiors?
(a) Quit and do more worthy work.
(b) Go to the press and let reporters know what was happening was wrong.
(c) Try even harder to help them accomplish those policies.
(d) Try to persuade those superiors that there is a better path.

12. What trait does Brooks say Randolph exuded, in the same way that Marshall had?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Anger.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Self-mastery.

13. Who did Eliot often dedicate her novels to?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Sinclair Lewis.
(c) George Lewes.
(d) Upton Sinclair.

14. What kind of funeral did Marshall want?
(a) A huge state funeral.
(b) Marshall wanted to be cremated and buried at sea.
(c) A low-key, humble event with no fanfare.
(d) A funeral with the highest military honors and a fly-over by the Blue Angels.

15. Which of the following did Augustine write about greatly fearing?
(a) His own hidden parts.
(b) His depression.
(c) His temper.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of illness did Marshall's wife suffer from?

3. What do biographers often attribute Eliot's messy romantic life to?

4. What led to Rustin's public disgrace?

5. What job does Brooks write that Marshall must have been devastated not to have gotten from Roosevelt?

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