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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In which work of Eliot's did she write of her disdain for "men of maxims"?
(a) Adam Bede.
(b) Middlemarch.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) The Mill on the Floss.

3. Whose house did Eliot live in for a time along with this person's wife?
(a) James Ford.
(b) Dr. Robert Brabant.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Charles Dickens.

4. Why did Augustine's mother Monica tell him it was not necessary to bury her in Africa?
(a) Because she was not going to die any time soon.
(b) Because she wanted to be buried in Carthage.
(c) Because she wanted to be cremated and buried at sea.
(d) Because there was no place on earth that was far from God.

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

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

7. What trait does Brooks say made it hard for Marshall to develop friendships?
(a) His formality.
(b) His painful shyness.
(c) His lack of a sense of humor.
(d) His lack of self-confidence.

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

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

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

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

12. 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 combines jealousy and rage.
(d) It often results in disaster.

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

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

15. Where did Eliot travel on July 20, 1854?
(a) To Paris.
(b) To Antwerp.
(c) To Rome.
(d) To Dublin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raised Rustin?

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

3. What disgusted Marshall about President Roosevelt's reaction to his news that plans for the North African invasion during WWII was ready?

4. Which of the following facets of human nature fascinated Augustine?

5. What kind of funeral did Marshall want?

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