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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 does Brooks say, in Chapter 3, is the most powerful way of fighting sin?
(a) Practicing what you preach.
(b) Giving to charity.
(c) Going to church.
(d) Living in a sweet, loving way.

2. What newspaper did Day found?
(a) The Modesto Bee.
(b) The Catholic Worker.
(c) The Catholic Light.
(d) The San Francisco Chronicle.

3. What is the title of Kirstin Downey's biography about Perkins?
(a) The Woman Behind the New Deal.
(b) The Calm Before the Storm.
(c) A Life in Activism.
(d) My History.

4. Where was Frances Perkins born?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York City.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. What does Brooks compare self-control to?
(a) A communal concert.
(b) A muscle that tires easily.
(c) A plant that needs water and tending.
(d) Sunglasses on a cloudy day.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what kind of job did Dorothy Day's father have?

2. Harry Emerson Fosdick once wrote that the beginning of worth-while living involves a confrontation with whom?

3. What did Ida Eisenhower study in college?

4. In Chapter 3, what word does Brooks argue has lost its power and intensity?

5. Where was Ida Eisenhower born?

(see the answer key)

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