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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. Who did Day have a child with?
(a) Daniel Day Smith.
(b) Forster Batterham.
(c) Sinclair Lewis.
(d) David Farber.

2. In Chapter 1, Brooks writes that the struggle against the weakness in yourself is never which of the following?
(a) An easy struggle.
(b) A worthwhile struggle.
(c) A paid struggle.
(d) A solitary struggle.

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

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

5. What was the nickname of the son Dwight Eisenhower lost to premature death?
(a) Sport.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Dave.
(d) Icky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Perkins live in New York City with her husband?

2. Who was Dwight Eisenhower's vice president?

3. Kierkegaard once wrote that only the one who descends into the underworld does which of the following?

4. Who wrote a book about his experiences as a concentration camp prisoner during WWII?

5. Which well-known WWII general did Dwight Eisenhower serve under and have a low opinion of?

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