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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. Between which two ideals was Augustine caught even as a young boy, according to Brooks?
2. What position did Augustine take in the later years of his life?
3. Why did George Marshall refuse to keep a diary?
4. Which singer performed at the 1963 March on Washington?
5. What job does Brooks write that Marshall must have been devastated not to have gotten from Roosevelt?
Short Essay Questions
1. What sect's teachings did Augustine initially follow and then renounce?
2. What was Bayard Rustin's most significant personal flaw?
3. What kind of attitude did Marshall have towards institutions, according to Brooks?
4. What kinds of romantic relationships characterized Eliot's years as a young woman?
5. What significant event during the Civil Rights era did Rustin help to organize and execute?
6. What kind of relationship did Mary Anne Evans (whose pen name was George Eliot) have with her mother?
7. How did George Marshall humiliate his father when he was a young boy?
8. What job did Marshall take in 1945 that he did not necessarily want but felt he had a responsibility to accept?
9. What significant event in 1941 was A. Philip Randolph instrumental in organizing, but eventually called off?
10. What kind of devotion dominated Eliot's teenage years?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How and why did A. Philip Randolph change his opinions and attitudes towards Communism, and how did this change affect his work in the Civil Rights movement? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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