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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 7 - 8).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Brooks, is one key paradox of pride?
(a) It often combines extreme self-confidence with extreme anxiety.
(b) It often results in disaster.
(c) It often combines jealousy and rage.
(d) It often shows up in people who are in the upper classes.

2. What is one of the things Brooks says love depends upon?
(a) Chance.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) Vulnerability.
(d) Ego.

3. Where was George Marshall born?
(a) Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
(b) Scranton, Pennsylvania.
(c) Columbus, Ohio.
(d) Newton, New York.

4. Who was Frances Perkins married to?
(a) Paul Wilson.
(b) Sinclair Lewis.
(c) Franklin Smith.
(d) James Jordan.

5. 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 solitary struggle.
(c) A paid struggle.
(d) A worthwhile struggle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Marshall's wife's nickname?

2. What kind of funeral did Marshall want?

3. What does Brooks compare self-control to?

4. What kind of a romantic relationship did Augustine have for more than a decade?

5. Who offered to marry Rustin?

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