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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. Who was Dwight Eisenhower's vice president?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

2. Which well-known WWII general did Dwight Eisenhower serve under and have a low opinion of?
(a) General Gerald Ford.
(b) General George Marshall.
(c) General Michael Smith.
(d) General Douglas MacArthur.

3. What did Ida Eisenhower forbid in her house?
(a) Cursing.
(b) Drinking and dancing.
(c) Singing and darts.
(d) Exercising.

4. Who sent Brooks an email responding to a column he wrote that Brooks says explains the mythology of his book?
(a) A writer named Emily Smith.
(b) A veterinarian named Dave Jolly.
(c) A former teacher of Brooks' named Selena Jeffries.
(d) A religious leader named Joel Jacobs.

5. What did Dwight Eisenhower warn Americans about in his farewell speech when he left the presidency?
(a) The dangers of the military-industrial complex.
(b) Starting another war.
(c) Rank materialism.
(d) Getting into entangling alliances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brooks compare self-control to?

2. Kierkegaard once wrote that only the one who descends into the underworld does which of the following?

3. What was Day fascinated with as an adolescent, according to Brooks?

4. Why does Brooks say Day inspired generations of Catholics to come after her?

5. What university did Perkins teach at towards the end of her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Perkins initially win over Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trust?

2. What did Viktor Frankl tell potential suicides in the concentration camp during WWII?

3. What was a tactic Dwight Eisenhower used to manage his anger and emotions that involved writing?

4. Why was Day intensely annoyed with Forster Batterham during the time when she nursed his partner Nanette through her terminal illness?

5. What virtue does Brooks say is generally misunderstood in Chapter 4?

6. How does Brooks describe Adam II in the Introduction?

7. What is Eisenhower's farewell speech when he left the presidency still remembered for today?

8. What two types of virtues does Brooks open the book by laying out the differences between?

9. What does Brooks say are the ultimate joys in Chapter 1?

10. How does Brooks describe Adam I in the Introduction?

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