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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 was George Marshall born?
(a) Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
(b) Newton, New York.
(c) Columbus, Ohio.
(d) Scranton, Pennsylvania.

2. What kind of funeral did Marshall want?
(a) A funeral with the highest military honors and a fly-over by the Blue Angels.
(b) A huge state funeral.
(c) Marshall wanted to be cremated and buried at sea.
(d) A low-key, humble event with no fanfare.

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

4. How did Eliot end her novel Middlemarch?
(a) By celebrating those who lead humble lives.
(b) With a death scene.
(c) With a wedding scene.
(d) With a shocking plot twist.

5. Which of the following traits did many people observe Eliot possessed?
(a) She had a photographic memory.
(b) She was scarily perceptive of other people's emotions and motivations.
(c) She had an extremely volatile temper.
(d) She was often depressed and lethargic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way in which Brooks defines Eliot?

2. During her teenage years, what was Eliot mostly caught up in?

3. Where did Augustine travel when he was 17?

4. What was George Eliot's given name at birth?

5. Between which two ideals was Augustine caught even as a young boy, according to Brooks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 7, what does David Brooks say is the difference between self-control and love?

7. For Augustine, what did the stealing of the pears symbolize?

8. What sect's teachings did Augustine initially follow and then renounce?

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

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

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