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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which singer performed at the 1963 March on Washington?
(a) Nina Simone.
(b) Mahalia Jackson.
(c) Margaret Weiss.
(d) Aretha Franklin.

3. What did Sara Jane Lippincot say about Eliot's smile?
(a) It seemed disingenuous.
(b) It seemed more angry than mirthful.
(c) It was rare, beautiful, and indescribable.
(d) It was frightening.

4. What was Marshall's first assignment after the death of his wife?
(a) Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe.
(b) Leader of the Infantry School program at Fort Benning.
(c) Chief of Staff of the military.
(d) Professor at the War College.

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

6. What disgusted Marshall about President Roosevelt's reaction to his news that plans for the North African invasion during WWII was ready?
(a) President Roosevelt asked to be there so he could release photos to the press.
(b) President Roosevelt did not ask for a casualty count.
(c) President Roosevelt told Marshall to slow the plans down.
(d) President Roosevelt asked that the invasion happen before Election Day.

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

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

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

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

11. What do biographers often attribute Eliot's messy romantic life to?
(a) The absence of maternal love.
(b) Eliot's extreme shyness.
(c) The fact that Eliot was an orphan.
(d) The fraught relationship Eliot had with her brother.

12. According to Brooks, what did Augustine seem to believe humans were not capable of?
(a) Truly loving another human being.
(b) Ordering their desires on their own.
(c) Being content.
(d) Sinning.

13. Which mayor offered Randolph a job in the 1930s?
(a) Mayor Mario Cuomo.
(b) Mayor Fiorello La Guadria.
(c) Mayor George Pataki.
(d) Mayor Rudolph Guiliani.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Augustine's mother?

2. How did Eliot meet the man who would become her life-long partner?

3. Who did Eliot finally end up in a long, stable romantic relationship with?

4. What led to Rustin's public disgrace?

5. What kind of funeral did Marshall want?

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