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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 that the invasion happen before Election Day.
(b) President Roosevelt did not ask for a casualty count.
(c) President Roosevelt asked to be there so he could release photos to the press.
(d) President Roosevelt told Marshall to slow the plans down.

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

5. Who was Marshall's early biographer?
(a) Florence Franklin.
(b) Michael Eisner.
(c) Eleanor Wright.
(d) William Frye.

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

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

8. How did Eliot end her novel Middlemarch?
(a) By celebrating those who lead humble lives.
(b) With a death scene.
(c) With a shocking plot twist.
(d) With a wedding scene.

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

10. What event did Randolph plan to organize in 1941 to highlight the discrimination against blacks in the workforce?
(a) A sit-in at churches across the country.
(b) A sit-in at lunch counters.
(c) A bus boycott in Alabama.
(d) A giant march on washington.

11. Who remained loyal to Rustin and tried to help him stay involved in the Civil Rights movement?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) George Marshall.
(c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(d) A. Philip Randolph.

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

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

14. How did Eliot meet the man who would become her life-long partner?
(a) At a society event.
(b) At a bookstore.
(c) At church.
(d) At the beach.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During her teenage years, what was Eliot mostly caught up in?

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

3. Which of the following traits did many people observe Eliot possessed?

4. According to Brooks, what did Augustine seem to believe humans were not capable of?

5. How did writer Henry James describe Eliot's physical appearance?

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