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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 is one characteristic that people who are calm and centered in their lives exhibit, according to Brooks in the Introduction?
2. What biblical reference does Brooks use to describe two opposing sides of human nature?
3. What was the nickname of the son Dwight Eisenhower lost to premature death?
4. When did Day die?
5. What terms does Brooks use to describe a life of humility versus a life of egotism in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Frances Perkins decide to dress like an older mother when dealing with male members of congress?
2. In Chapter 1, what trait does Brooks feel was more common in most people in the WWII-era than it is today?
3. What is the main difference between a career and a vocation as Brooks describes it?
4. Why did Ida Eisenhower forbid dancing, card games, and drinking in her home?
5. What virtue does Brooks say is generally misunderstood in Chapter 4?
6. What was a tactic Dwight Eisenhower used to manage his anger and emotions that involved writing?
7. What does Brooks say are the ultimate joys in Chapter 1?
8. How did Perkins initially win over Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trust?
9. What did Viktor Frankl tell potential suicides in the concentration camp during WWII?
10. What were some of Ida Eishenhower's early life struggles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What core traits did George Marshall's wish for a simple burial, with no state funeral or fanfare, reveal about his character? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What does Brooks describe as Dorothy Day's most significant internal struggle? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Brooks proposes that joy "is a byproduct experienced by people who are aiming for something else. But it comes" (269). Choose two people he profiles in the book and write an essay explaining how their lives demonstrated this idea.
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