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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Day fascinated with as an adolescent, according to Brooks?
(a) Sex.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Insects.
(d) Modern music.
2. What university did Perkins teach at towards the end of her life?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Florida State.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Ohio State.
3. Who did Day have a child with?
(a) Sinclair Lewis.
(b) David Farber.
(c) Forster Batterham.
(d) Daniel Day Smith.
4. What happens to Perkins in 1939 that tests her resilience?
(a) Her mother dies.
(b) She is fired.
(c) She is the subject of impeachment proceedings.
(d) Her husband dies.
5. What did Perkins name her daughter?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Cora.
(c) Jane.
(d) Susanna.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Perkins live in New York City with her husband?
2. How many times was Day arrested?
3. Who sent Brooks an email responding to a column he wrote that Brooks says explains the mythology of his book?
4. What was one tactic Eisenhower used when he was irritated with someone as a way of controlling his anger?
5. What is the title of Kirstin Downey's biography about Perkins?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Eisenhower's personal opinion of General Douglas MacArthur?
2. Why did Perkins take a job teaching at Cornell University in 1957 although the pay was very little?
3. What was Hull House modeled after?
4. Why did Ida Eisenhower forbid dancing, card games, and drinking in her home?
5. What virtue does Brooks say is generally misunderstood in Chapter 4?
6. What does Brooks say are the ultimate joys in Chapter 1?
7. How did Perkins initially win over Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trust?
8. What offense was Day arrested and jailed for in 1917?
9. What is the main difference between a career and a vocation as Brooks describes it?
10. What event in young Dwight Eisenhower's life prompted his mother to read him a Bible verse about conquering his own soul that had a great impact on his adult life?
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