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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times was Day arrested?

2. What happens to Perkins in 1939 that tests her resilience?

3. What did Ida Eisenhower study in college?

4. Which well-known WWII general did Dwight Eisenhower serve under and have a low opinion of?

5. How does Brooks describe Dwight Eisenhower's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what trait does Brooks feel was more common in most people in the WWII-era than it is today?

2. What two types of virtues does Brooks open the book by laying out the differences between?

3. What is the main difference between a career and a vocation as Brooks describes it?

4. What offense was Day arrested and jailed for in 1917?

5. How did Perkins initially win over Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trust?

6. What virtue does Brooks say is generally misunderstood in Chapter 4?

7. Why did Dorothy Day move to New York at age 18 and what kind of work did she end up doing at first?

8. How does Brooks describe Adam II in the Introduction?

9. What was Eisenhower's personal opinion of General Douglas MacArthur?

10. Why did Perkins take a job teaching at Cornell University in 1957 although the pay was very little?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why did A. Philip Randolph change his opinions and attitudes towards Communism, and how did this change affect his work in the Civil Rights movement? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining why Brooks thinks moderation is a "generally misunderstood virtue" (69). Do you agree or disagree with Brooks' opinion on this matter?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how the radio program Command Performance, the WWII-era radio show that Brooks heard on NPR, inspired his writing of The Road to Character, citing specific references to the text to support your answer .

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