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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) Quit and do more worthy work.
(d) Try to persuade those superiors that there is a better path.

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

3. 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) A. Philip Randolph.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) Nat Turner.
(d) Rosa Parks.

4. What job does Brooks write that Marshall must have been devastated not to have gotten from Roosevelt?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Supreme Commander of Operation Overlord in France during WWII.
(c) Joint Chiefs of Staff of the military.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

5. What factor contributed to Marshall's rise through the military ranks during the 1930s?
(a) Marshall was very skilled at speaking with the press.
(b) President Roosevelt liked Marshall.
(c) The reforms Marshall had pushed for were reaping great benefits.
(d) Personal merit became a more important factor during the rise of Fascism in Europe.

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

7. What position did Augustine take in the later years of his life?
(a) Postulant.
(b) Monk.
(c) Pope.
(d) Bishop.

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

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

10. In what situation was Marshall injured during his college years?
(a) On a training maneuver.
(b) In a boating accident.
(c) In a hazing ritual.
(d) In a car accident.

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

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

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

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

15. What illness did Eliot nurse her mother throughout?
(a) Polio.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Breast cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pacifist organization did Rustin join after moving to Harlem?

2. In Chapter 5, what is a trait Brooks argues is common among modest people who achieve great success?

3. What is one way in which Brooks defines Eliot?

4. Which of the following did Augustine write about greatly fearing?

5. What was George Eliot's given name at birth?

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