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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Eliot fall in love with when she was 32?
(a) Herbert Spencer.
(b) James Byron.
(c) Henry Wordsworth Longfellow.
(d) Ralph Elison.

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

3. In Chapter 5, Brooks argues it is rare to meet someone today with what kind of a mindset?
(a) Religious.
(b) Moral.
(c) Institutional.
(d) Service.

4. What trait does Brooks say made it hard for Marshall to develop friendships?
(a) His lack of self-confidence.
(b) His painful shyness.
(c) His formality.
(d) His lack of a sense of humor.

5. How did his wife's death change Marshall's approach to life?
(a) He left the military and took a new job managing a charity.
(b) He went to medical school.
(c) He became less taciturn and more social.
(d) He withdrew from public life and languished in solidarity.

6. In Chapter 6, who does Brooks say was the most prominent Civil Rights leader in America at the time the program Command Performance aired?
(a) Nat Turner.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) A. Philip Randolph.
(d) Rosa Parks.

7. Where did Marshall attend college?
(a) West Point.
(b) Virginia Military Academy.
(c) American University.
(d) The Naval Institute.

8. During her teenage years, what was Eliot mostly caught up in?
(a) The abolition movement.
(b) Working as a volunteer nurse during WWII.
(c) Religious fervor.
(d) The labor movement.

9. What led to Rustin's public disgrace?
(a) His arrests for homosexual acts.
(b) His drug addiction.
(c) His embezzling of donated funds.
(d) His gambling addiction.

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

11. What kind of a romantic relationship did Augustine have for more than a decade?
(a) An arranged marriage to a distant cousin.
(b) A close relationship with a concubine.
(c) A strong marriage to one woman, Cassandra.
(d) A relationship with a common-law wife.

12. What did writer George Eliot say a human life should be well-rooted in?
(a) Charity.
(b) Love.
(c) Purpose.
(d) A spot of native land.

13. Why did Augustine's mother Monica tell him it was not necessary to bury her in Africa?
(a) Because she wanted to be buried in Carthage.
(b) Because she wanted to be cremated and buried at sea.
(c) Because there was no place on earth that was far from God.
(d) Because she was not going to die any time soon.

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

15. What tactics did Rustin and other civil rights leaders adopt to try to accomplish their goals?
(a) Direct confrontation.
(b) Carrying out damage to properties.
(c) Attacking police stations.
(d) Non-violent resistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Augustine's first step to reforming his own life?

2. Which mayor offered Randolph a job in the 1930s?

3. What fruit symbolized terrible judgment and pointless sin for Augustine?

4. Which of the following facets of human nature fascinated Augustine?

5. What, according to Brooks, is one key paradox of pride?

(see the answer keys)

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