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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. Who does Augustine encounter in Milan that changes his outlook on happiness and purpose?
2. According to Brooks, what did Augustine seem to believe humans were not capable of?
3. What kind of funeral did Marshall want?
4. Whose house did Eliot live in for a time along with this person's wife?
5. Where was George Marshall born?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the surprising outcome of Marshall's tense encounter with General Pershing in 1917?
2. In Chapter 7, what does David Brooks say is the difference between self-control and love?
3. What job did Marshall take in 1945 that he did not necessarily want but felt he had a responsibility to accept?
4. What does Brooks imply is the impetus for Marshall's drive to succeed?
5. For Augustine, what did the stealing of the pears symbolize?
6. What was Augustine's relationship with his mother like?
7. What kind of relationship did Mary Anne Evans (whose pen name was George Eliot) have with her mother?
8. As a young woman, what causes a large rift between Eliot and her father?
9. Why did Marshall lose the job of commander of the allied forces in Europe in 1943 to Eisenhower?
10. How did George Marshall humiliate his father when he was a young boy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Brooks describe as Dorothy Day's most significant internal struggle? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
How does the football player Joe Namath reflect what Brooks refers to at several points in the book as the ideals of the "Little Me"? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
How did the writer George Eliot's (born Mary Anne Evans) life and writings change dramatically after her relationship with George Henry Lewes developed? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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