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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Marshall take right after the end of WWII, even though he did not really want it?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) U.S. Ambassador to China.
(c) U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
(d) Head of the Red Cross.

2. What is the title of Augustine's seminal written work?
(a) Rapture.
(b) Contentment in God.
(c) Confessions.
(d) Sin and Temptation.

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

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

5. What is one way in which Brooks defines Eliot?
(a) As a puritan.
(b) As a pacifist.
(c) As a meliorist.
(d) As an abolitionist.

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

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

8. Where did Augustine travel when he was 17?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Paris.
(c) Carthage.
(d) Athens.

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

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

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

12. When was Augustine born?
(a) 1345.
(b) 1650.
(c) 500.
(d) 354.

13. What fruit symbolized terrible judgment and pointless sin for Augustine?
(a) Pears.
(b) Apples.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Oranges.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Between which two ideals was Augustine caught even as a young boy, according to Brooks?

2. What illness did Eliot nurse her mother throughout?

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

4. In what situation was Marshall injured during his college years?

5. What was Marshall's first assignment after the death of his wife?

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