2. What kind of literature had a great impact on Day's thinking early in her adulthood?
(a) Greek.
(b) British.
(c) Italian.
(d) Russian.

3. What was the title of Day's novel that was based on her early disordered life?
(a) The Day the Music Died.
(b) The Eleventh Virgin.
(c) The Big Earthquake.
(d) The Solitude of Activism.

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

5. What was the name of Dwight Eisenhower's mistress?
(a) Fanny Packard.
(b) Kay Summersby.
(c) Ellen McDonnel.
(d) Jane Wright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ida Eisenhower forbid in her house?

2. When did Day die?

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

4. What did Perkins' grandmother tell her to do when social disaster strikes?

5. What was one tactic Eisenhower used when he was irritated with someone as a way of controlling his anger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, what trait does Brooks feel was more common in most people in the WWII-era than it is today?

3. Why did Ida Eisenhower forbid dancing, card games, and drinking in her home?

4. What was Eisenhower's personal opinion of General Douglas MacArthur?

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

6. 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?

7. Why did Day set out to write about the experience of childbirth after having her child?

8. What historic event happened when Dorothy Day was 8 years old?

9. What were some of Ida Eishenhower's early life struggles?

10. How does Brooks define the so-called "Big Me" culture?

(see the answer keys)

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