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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 – 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose portrait hangs over the fireplace in the State Dining Room of the White House?
(a) Thomas Jefferson's.
(b) John Adams's.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt's.
(d) Abraham Lincoln's.

2. When did President Trump suggest to aides that weapons be given to all of American's teachers so they could fight back against mass shooters?
(a) February 2018.
(b) June 2018.
(c) July 2017.
(d) December 2019.

3. How many times did John McCain run for president?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. Who rescued the portrait of George Washington's before the British set fire to the White House?
(a) Jacqueline Kennedy.
(b) Dolley Madison.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) John Adams.

5. Who wrote De Officiis, spelling out how a public servant should behave?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Steven Mnuchin hold in the Trump administration?

2. Who did Donald Trump create the nickname "Slimeball" for?

3. What does the author associate a person's moral code as in Chapter 2?

4. What position did Jim Mattis step down from the day after Trump's Syria tweets?

5. What term does the author use to refer to those in the Trump administration who, like him, have worked to maintain security and focus despite Trump's erratic actions?

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