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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 did Perkins' mother tell her as a young girl she should always wear?
(a) High-heeled shoes.
(b) An apron.
(c) A certain kind of three-cornered hat.
(d) Nylons.

2. Harry Emerson Fosdick once wrote that the beginning of worth-while living involves a confrontation with whom?
(a) Our friends.
(b) Our parents.
(c) Ourselves.
(d) Our Gods.

3. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?
(a) Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik.
(b) Pope Pius IV.
(c) Pope John Paul II.
(d) Rabbi Andrew Wyelin.

4. What did Perkins name her daughter?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Cora.
(c) Jane.
(d) Maureen.

5. What terms does Brooks use to describe a life of humility versus a life of egotism in Chapter 1?
(a) Big Me and Little Me.
(b) Big river and Little River.
(c) Big Lies and Little Lies.
(d) Big Life and Little Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two types of virtues does Brooks compare and contrast in the Introduction?

2. What was the name of Dwight Eisenhower's mistress?

3. Immanuel Kant once wrote that no straight thing was ever made out of which of the following?

4. Who did Ida Eisenhower marry?

5. In Chapter 2, what tragic historical event inspires Frances Perkins to begin her life of activism?

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

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

6. What was Hull House modeled after?

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

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

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

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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