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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. Where did Eliot travel on July 20, 1854?
(a) To Dublin.
(b) To Rome.
(c) To Antwerp.
(d) To Paris.

2. Who did Eliot fall in love with when she was 32?
(a) James Byron.
(b) Herbert Spencer.
(c) Henry Wordsworth Longfellow.
(d) Ralph Elison.

3. What tactics did Rustin and other civil rights leaders adopt to try to accomplish their goals?
(a) Carrying out damage to properties.
(b) Non-violent resistance.
(c) Direct confrontation.
(d) Attacking police stations.

4. How did Eliot meet the man who would become her life-long partner?
(a) At the beach.
(b) At a bookstore.
(c) At a society event.
(d) At church.

5. What was George Eliot's given name at birth?
(a) Janet Sparks.
(b) Katherine Michaels.
(c) Mary Anne Evans.
(d) Jane Eyre.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did his wife's death change Marshall's approach to life?

2. What kind of illness did Marshall's wife suffer from?

3. In which work of Eliot's did she write of her disdain for "men of maxims"?

4. Who was Augustine's mother?

5. What disgusted Marshall about President Roosevelt's reaction to his news that plans for the North African invasion during WWII was ready?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Marshall affected by his wife's sudden death?

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

4. How did Virginia Woolf characterize Eliot's work?

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

6. What was Bayard Rustin's most significant personal flaw?

7. What was Augustine's relationship with his mother like?

8. What kind of devotion dominated Eliot's teenage years?

9. Why did Marshall lose the job of commander of the allied forces in Europe in 1943 to Eisenhower?

10. What crisis did Eliot write about concerning women's situation in society in her novel Middlemarch?

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