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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. ___________ is a difficult baby and Kay has to lean on her three-year-old, Lally, for assistance.
(a) Donny
(b) Joseph
(c) Ron
(d) Ruth

2. Eugene Meyer is a 32-year-old self-made millionaire _________ and art collector.
(a) Oil man
(b) Philanthropist
(c) Broker
(d) Boxer

3. The _______________ raises a furor over Kay working without pay at the Mount Vernon Argus.
(a) Journalist's Society
(b) Newspaper Guild
(c) Parents
(d) Red Party

4. What is one of the rooms in the new house on R street that receives the special attention of Kay?
(a) Kitchen
(b) Living room
(c) Library
(d) Pantry

5. Of what person does Agnes become a protegee during the early years of her marriage to Eugene?
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) Rollo May
(c) Charles Lang Freer
(d) Carl Jung

Short Answer Questions

1. Kay is charmed by Phil's ability to penetrate ___________ when they talk with each other.

2. At what publication does Father get Kay a job to conceal her ties to the Post?

3. At what school does Agnes attend courses during her marriage to Eugene?

4. What college does Kay first attend, learning to survive by bumping into reality?

5. Who is continuously on call to talk with Phil as he recuperates from his breakdown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mother and Phil lock heads over during the years at Glen Welby, where life seems right?

2. What is the state of the Washington Post when Father decides to buy it to rejuvenate it?

3. What does Father arrange for Kay when she goes to San Francisco to meet with family?

4. Mother takes more of an active role in politics, but what does she feel pride about doing at this point?

5. Where does Kay's education begin as she is growing up as a part of the Meyer family?

6. What does Kay do with her time when Phil is off at court?

7. How does Kay avoid academic probation after battling with a hated history teacher?

8. What does Mother think of the women that she meets when she is living in Washington with Eugene?

9. What happens when Kay ingratiates herself to several key labor figures during a labor dispute she is covering?

10. Phil receives treatment from Dr. Farber during his time after the breakdown. What kind of psychology does Farber ascribe to?

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