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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 5 - 6).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Day fascinated with as an adolescent, according to Brooks?
(a) Insects.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Sex.
(d) Modern music.

2. When did Day die?
(a) March 2, 1985.
(b) February 13, 1965.
(c) April 10, 1970.
(d) November 29, 1980.

3. What significant civil rights event did Rustin help plan and execute?
(a) The church protests.
(b) The sit-in at lunch counters.
(c) The 1963 March on Washington.
(d) The Montgomery Bus Boycott.

4. What kind of literature had a great impact on Day's thinking early in her adulthood?
(a) Italian.
(b) Russian.
(c) Greek.
(d) British.

5. What terms does Brooks use to describe a life of humility versus a life of egotism in Chapter 1?
(a) Big Lies and Little Lies.
(b) Big Life and Little Life.
(c) Big river and Little River.
(d) Big Me and Little Me.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was George Marshall born?

2. Where was Ida Eisenhower born?

3. Which president's wife used to caution him about using the word "I" in his speeches too often?

4. Who offered to marry Rustin?

5. In Chapter 3, Brooks argues that sin is communal, but error is which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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