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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 3 - 4).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did an aide of Dwight Eisenhower's compare Eisenhower's temper to?
(a) The sun.
(b) Molten lava.
(c) A five-alarm fire.
(d) A Bessemer furnace.

2. What was the name of the radical newspaper where Day got her first job?
(a) The Worker's Rebellion.
(b) The Red Banner.
(c) The Call.
(d) The Morning Herald.

3. Which skills helped win Day a college scholarship?
(a) Debating.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Writing.
(d) Latin and Greek.

4. Kierkegaard once wrote that only the one who descends into the underworld does which of the following?
(a) Reaps the rewards.
(b) Redeems herself.
(c) Finds the light.
(d) Rescues the beloved.

5. Who led a factory strike in 1909 to try to help female industrial workers improve their work conditions?
(a) Frances Perkins.
(b) Rose Schneiderman.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Dorothy Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Immanuel Kant once wrote that no straight thing was ever made out of which of the following?

2. In Chapter 2, what tragic historical event inspires Frances Perkins to begin her life of activism?

3. What did Ida Eisenhower study in college?

4. What well-known war correspondent's work did the radio program Brooks describes in Chapter 1 feature?

5. Which religious figure and writer does Brooks reference in the very beginning of the Introduction?

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