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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 factor contributed to Marshall's rise through the military ranks during the 1930s?
(a) President Roosevelt liked Marshall.
(b) The reforms Marshall had pushed for were reaping great benefits.
(c) Personal merit became a more important factor during the rise of Fascism in Europe.
(d) Marshall was very skilled at speaking with the press.

2. What trait does Brooks say Randolph exuded, in the same way that Marshall had?
(a) Anger.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Self-mastery.
(d) Honesty.

3. What led to Rustin's public disgrace?
(a) His embezzling of donated funds.
(b) His gambling addiction.
(c) His drug addiction.
(d) His arrests for homosexual acts.

4. What company did Randolph work very hard to help unionize?
(a) The Pullman Company.
(b) The Rockefeller Company.
(c) The Aster Company.
(d) The Vanderbilt Company.

5. Where did Augustine travel when he was 17?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Athens.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eliot's father become very successful in as a line of work?

2. What W.H. Auden poem does Brooks reference to help describe Eliot's decision to be with her life-long romantic partner?

3. Where did Eliot travel on July 20, 1854?

4. When was Augustine born?

5. What was Marshall's wife's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significant event during the Civil Rights era did Rustin help to organize and execute?

2. What significant event in 1941 was A. Philip Randolph instrumental in organizing, but eventually called off?

3. What was the main social consequence of Eliot's relationship with Lewes?

4. How did Marshall win over his classmates at VMI?

5. What was the surprising outcome of Marshall's tense encounter with General Pershing in 1917?

6. What request did Marshall make for his funeral arrangements?

7. What kind of attitude did Marshall have towards institutions, according to Brooks?

8. As a young woman, what causes a large rift between Eliot and her father?

9. What kinds of romantic relationships characterized Eliot's years as a young woman?

10. How did George Marshall humiliate his father when he was a young boy?

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