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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 remained loyal to Rustin and tried to help him stay involved in the Civil Rights movement?
(a) George Marshall.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(d) A. Philip Randolph.

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

3. How old was Marshall's wife when she died?
(a) 80.
(b) 60.
(c) 43.
(d) 53.

4. What event did Randolph plan to organize in 1941 to highlight the discrimination against blacks in the workforce?
(a) A sit-in at churches across the country.
(b) A giant march on washington.
(c) A sit-in at lunch counters.
(d) A bus boycott in Alabama.

5. What kind of a romantic relationship did Augustine have for more than a decade?
(a) A strong marriage to one woman, Cassandra.
(b) A relationship with a common-law wife.
(c) An arranged marriage to a distant cousin.
(d) A close relationship with a concubine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Eliot nurse her mother throughout?

2. Which singer performed at the 1963 March on Washington?

3. What privilege was conferred upon Augustine at a very young age?

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

5. What, according to Brooks, is one key paradox of pride?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What job did Marshall take in 1945 that he did not necessarily want but felt he had a responsibility to accept?

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

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

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

10. In what ways were Eliot and George Lewes well-matched as a couple?

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