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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant civil rights event did Rustin help plan and execute?
(a) The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
(b) The church protests.
(c) The sit-in at lunch counters.
(d) The 1963 March on Washington.

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

3. What kind of illness did Marshall's wife suffer from?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Heart weakness.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Arthritis.

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

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

6. Who raised Rustin?
(a) His grandparents.
(b) His older brother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His mother.

7. What, according to Brooks, is one key paradox of pride?
(a) It often results in disaster.
(b) It often shows up in people who are in the upper classes.
(c) It often combines extreme self-confidence with extreme anxiety.
(d) It often combines jealousy and rage.

8. What did Winston Churchill do when he visited Marshall in the hospital during his final illness?
(a) Spoke to the doctors about new avenues for medical care.
(b) Brought flowers and chocolates.
(c) Consoled Marshall's son.
(d) Weeped at the doorway.

9. What did Eliot's father become very successful in as a line of work?
(a) He was a chef.
(b) He was a writer.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a land agent.

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

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

12. What was George Eliot's given name at birth?
(a) Katherine Michaels.
(b) Mary Anne Evans.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) Janet Sparks.

13. Which general visited Marshall's unit in October 1917?
(a) General John Jacobs.
(b) General Dwight Eisenhower.
(c) General John Pershing.
(d) General Douglas MacArthur.

14. Who offered to marry Rustin?
(a) Helen Winnemore.
(b) Jane Addams.
(c) Dorothy Day.
(d) Lily Perkins.

15. What privilege was conferred upon Augustine at a very young age?
(a) His induction into the priesthood.
(b) The chance to speak in front of the imperial court.
(c) His selection as a lead debater at his school.
(d) His appointment as the leader of the Roman army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What W.H. Auden poem does Brooks reference to help describe Eliot's decision to be with her life-long romantic partner?

2. What is arguably Eliot's most famous novel?

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

4. Where did Eliot travel on July 20, 1854?

5. Who was Augustine's mother?

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