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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trait does Brooks say Randolph exuded, in the same way that Marshall had?
(a) Anger.
(b) Self-mastery.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Honesty.

2. When was Augustine born?
(a) 354.
(b) 1650.
(c) 1345.
(d) 500.

3. What did Winston Churchill do when he visited Marshall in the hospital during his final illness?
(a) Weeped at the doorway.
(b) Consoled Marshall's son.
(c) Spoke to the doctors about new avenues for medical care.
(d) Brought flowers and chocolates.

4. Between which two ideals was Augustine caught even as a young boy, according to Brooks?
(a) Those of his family's and those of the church's.
(b) Those of the classical world and those of the Judeo-Christian world.
(c) Those of the West and those of the East.
(d) Those of the Roman Empire and those of the Greek Empire.

5. What illness did Eliot nurse her mother throughout?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Breast cancer.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Polio.

6. In Chapter 6, who does Brooks say was the most prominent Civil Rights leader in America at the time the program Command Performance aired?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) A. Philip Randolph.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) Nat Turner.

7. Which of the following facets of human nature fascinated Augustine?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Memory.
(d) Empathy.

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

9. What disgusted Marshall about President Roosevelt's reaction to his news that plans for the North African invasion during WWII was ready?
(a) President Roosevelt told Marshall to slow the plans down.
(b) President Roosevelt asked that the invasion happen before Election Day.
(c) President Roosevelt asked to be there so he could release photos to the press.
(d) President Roosevelt did not ask for a casualty count.

10. Where did Randolph move at the beginning of his career?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Selma.
(d) Chicago.

11. What event did Randolph plan to organize in 1941 to highlight the discrimination against blacks in the workforce?
(a) A giant march on washington.
(b) A bus boycott in Alabama.
(c) A sit-in at churches across the country.
(d) A sit-in at lunch counters.

12. 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 China.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

13. Who does Augustine encounter in Milan that changes his outlook on happiness and purpose?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A long-lost brother.
(c) A beggar.
(d) The emperor.

14. Which of the following traits did many people observe Eliot possessed?
(a) She had a photographic memory.
(b) She was scarily perceptive of other people's emotions and motivations.
(c) She had an extremely volatile temper.
(d) She was often depressed and lethargic.

15. Who did Eliot fall in love with when she was 32?
(a) Henry Wordsworth Longfellow.
(b) Ralph Elison.
(c) Herbert Spencer.
(d) James Byron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Augustine's mother?

2. What did Eliot's father become very successful in as a line of work?

3. In Chapter 5, Brooks argues it is rare to meet someone today with what kind of a mindset?

4. In Chapter 5, what is a trait Brooks argues is common among modest people who achieve great success?

5. Which mayor offered Randolph a job in the 1930s?

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