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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 led a factory strike in 1909 to try to help female industrial workers improve their work conditions?
(a) Rose Schneiderman.
(b) Frances Perkins.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Dorothy Day.

2. Where was Ida Eisenhower born?
(a) The Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.
(b) The Hudson River Valley.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York City.

3. What did Perkins' grandmother tell her to do when social disaster strikes?
(a) Write a newspaper column.
(b) Act as though nothing had happened.
(c) Fight back.
(d) Take a vacation.

4. In Chapter 1, Brooks writes that the struggle against the weakness in yourself is never which of the following?
(a) A solitary struggle.
(b) A paid struggle.
(c) An easy struggle.
(d) A worthwhile struggle.

5. Immanuel Kant once wrote that no straight thing was ever made out of which of the following?
(a) Cedar wood.
(b) The crooked timber of humanity.
(c) An egotistical personality.
(d) A sinner's wishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Frances Perkins married to?

2. What was the name of the radical newspaper where Day got her first job?

3. What did Dwight Eisenhower warn Americans about in his farewell speech when he left the presidency?

4. Which well-known WWII general did Dwight Eisenhower serve under and have a low opinion of?

5. What well-known war correspondent's work did the radio program Brooks describes in Chapter 1 feature?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What offense was Day arrested and jailed for in 1917?

3. Why did Frances Perkins decide to dress like an older mother when dealing with male members of congress?

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

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

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. Why did Perkins take a job teaching at Cornell University in 1957 although the pay was very little?

9. What is the main difference between a career and a vocation as Brooks describes it?

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

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