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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 9 - 10).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who remained loyal to Rustin and tried to help him stay involved in the Civil Rights movement?
(a) A. Philip Randolph.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(d) George Marshall.

2. Where did the writer Michel de Montaigne grow up?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) As estate near Bordeaux.

3. What is one way in which Brooks defines Eliot?
(a) As a puritan.
(b) As a pacifist.
(c) As an abolitionist.
(d) As a meliorist.

4. What significant federal program was Perkins an advocate for?
(a) The Americans With Disabilities Act.
(b) The New Deal.
(c) The Affordable Care Act.
(d) The Jobs and Raises Act.

5. What job did Marshall take right after the end of WWII, even though he did not really want it?
(a) Head of the Red Cross.
(b) U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) U.S. Ambassador to China.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Frances Perkins married to?

2. Where did Augustine travel when he was 17?

3. Where was George Marshall born?

4. Who did Ida Eisenhower marry?

5. Who sent Brooks an email responding to a column he wrote that Brooks says explains the mythology of his book?

(see the answer key)

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