A Warning Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 2, "It's been said that character is a tree, and reputation its" what (60)?
(a) Roots.
(b) Branches.
(c) Shadow.
(d) Leaves.

2. What did the parody poster in the style of Game of Thrones say that Trump became enamored with, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) "Congress is Coming."
(b) "Summer is Coming."
(c) "Sanctions Are Coming."
(d) "Tariffs Are Coming."

3. What does the author associate a person's moral code as in Chapter 2?
(a) His/her motherboard.
(b) His/her hardware.
(c) His/her software.
(d) His/her keyboard.

4. On what date did Trump tweet: "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency" (19)?
(a) August 25, 2018.
(b) December 19, 2018.
(c) March 12, 2018.
(d) September 5, 2018.

5. Who is the conspiracy theorist behind the website Infowars?
(a) Rush Limbaugh.
(b) Alex Jones.
(c) James Franklin.
(d) Roger Moore.

6. Who did Donald Trump appoint as the Chair of the Federal Reserve?
(a) Chris Christie.
(b) John Bolton.
(c) Gary Cohn.
(d) Jerome Powell.

7. How many of the 55 delegates backed the draft of the U.S. Constitution that was released to the public for consideration and ratification in 1787?
(a) 34.
(b) 16.
(c) 29.
(d) 39.

8. When did Donald Trump make the following tweet? "Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q. is one of the highest--and you all know it! Please don't feel stupid or insecure, it's not your fault" (62).
(a) 2016.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2013.

9. What was the U.S. federal budget deficit when Obama took office in 2009?
(a) $932 billion.
(b) $4.2 trillion.
(c) $587 billion.
(d) $1.4 trillion.

10. To whom is the following quote attributed? "No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable without possessing a certain portion of order and stability" (19).
(a) James Adams.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

11. When key government leaders quit during the Watergate scandal, what did the press dub it?
(a) The "Midnight Mutiny."
(b) The "Last Walkout."
(c) The "Watergate Walkout."
(d) The "Saturday Night Massacre."

12. What pen name did Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay use in writing anonymous essays rebutting the criticism of the Constitution?
(a) Voter.
(b) Plubius.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Anonymous.

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

14. What White House counsel did Donald Trump demand fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and he refused?
(a) John F. Kelly.
(b) Reince Priebus.
(c) Don McGahn.
(d) Mike Pence.

15. What position did Steven Mnuchin hold in the Trump administration?
(a) Treasury Secretary.
(b) Homeland Security Chief.
(c) Secretary of Defense.
(d) Director of National Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what position did Donald Trump remove John Kelly?

2. What term refers to the combined qualities of wisdom, temperance, courage, and justice?

3. Who was the head of Trump's transition team when he was elected president?

4. Regarding the issues of immigration, the author states, "At one point, Trump warmed to a new idea for solving what he viewed as the biggest crisis in American history: to label migrants as" what (41)?

5. With what does the author associate an individual's body and its actions?

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