Dorothy Day Biography

When and where was Dorothy Day born?

• November 8, 1897 in Brooklyn, New York

• December 12, 1900 in Chicago, Illinois

• January 1, 1885 in San Francisco, California

• March 3, 1890 in Boston, Massachusetts

Dorothy Day was jailed in 1917 for her involvement in suffragists' demonstrations.

• True

• False

Dorothy Day attended the University of _______ from 1914-1916.

• Illinois

• Michigan

• Wisconsin

• Ohio

Who did Dorothy Day live with in Staten Island in 1925?

• Peter Maurin

• Forster Batterham

• Cesar Chavez

• Tamar Day

What was the name of the newspaper Dorothy Day helped to create with Peter Maurin?

• The Catholic Worker

• The Daily News

• The New York Times

• The Civil Rights Journal

Dorothy Day was shot at while sitting sentry duty at Koinonia Farm in 1957.

• True

• False

In the 1970s, Dorothy Day was arrested and imprisoned for her work with which group?

• United Farm Workers

• Civil Rights Movement

• The Catholic Church

• The Episcopal Church

Today, 227 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the ______, exiles, hungry, and forsaken.

• homeless

• wealthy

• educated

• powerful