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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ida Eisenhower do after losing a son named Paul?

2. What terms does Brooks use to describe a life of humility versus a life of egotism in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Brooks describe as the habit of a friend who works on self-improvement and who Brooks admires?

4. In Chapter 1, Brooks writes that the struggle against the weakness in yourself is never which of the following?

5. How many times was Day arrested?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Frances Perkins decide to dress like an older mother when dealing with male members of congress?

2. What historic event happened when Dorothy Day was 8 years old?

3. What virtue does Brooks say is generally misunderstood in Chapter 4?

4. What two types of virtues does Brooks open the book by laying out the differences between?

5. What event in young Dwight Eisenhower's life prompted his mother to read him a Bible verse about conquering his own soul that had a great impact on his adult life?

6. Why was Day intensely annoyed with Forster Batterham during the time when she nursed his partner Nanette through her terminal illness?

7. What offense was Day arrested and jailed for in 1917?

8. In Chapter 1, what trait does Brooks feel was more common in most people in the WWII-era than it is today?

9. Why did Day set out to write about the experience of childbirth after having her child?

10. What was a tactic Dwight Eisenhower used to manage his anger and emotions that involved writing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire act as a motivator for Frances Perkins' life work and what Brooks refers to as Perkins' vocation? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the differences, as Brooks defines them, between vocation and career.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how the radio program Command Performance, the WWII-era radio show that Brooks heard on NPR, inspired his writing of The Road to Character, citing specific references to the text to support your answer .

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