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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. In what situation was Marshall injured during his college years?
(a) On a training maneuver.
(b) In a hazing ritual.
(c) In a boating accident.
(d) In a car accident.

2. What fruit symbolized terrible judgment and pointless sin for Augustine?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Apples.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Pears.

3. Which mayor offered Randolph a job in the 1930s?
(a) Mayor Mario Cuomo.
(b) Mayor George Pataki.
(c) Mayor Fiorello La Guadria.
(d) Mayor Rudolph Guiliani.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Brooks, what did Augustine seem to believe humans were not capable of?

3. What tactics did Rustin and other civil rights leaders adopt to try to accomplish their goals?

4. How did Eliot meet the man who would become her life-long partner?

5. What is the title of Augustine's seminal written work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What kind of relationship did Mary Anne Evans (whose pen name was George Eliot) have with her mother?

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