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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what position did Donald Trump remove Rex Tillerson?
(a) Director of National Intelligence.
(b) Secretary of Defense.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Treasury Secretary.

2. When did Donald Trump say publicly, "You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right? The spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now" (15)?
(a) September 2018.
(b) June 2019.
(c) July 2018.
(d) September 2019.

3. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) "Analysis of Character."
(b) "The Deep State Grows."
(c) "Sanctions Are Coming."
(d) "Collapse of the Steady State."

4. How many executive orders did Bill Clinton issue in his first three years as president?
(a) 90.
(b) 112.
(c) 25.
(d) 120.

5. What former economic advisor is quoted in Chapter 2 as having said, "Trump won't read anything--not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers, nothing. He gets up halfway through meetings with world leaders because he is bored" (61)?
(a) John Bolton.
(b) Gary Cohn.
(c) Chris Christie.
(d) James Buchanan.

6. Who wrote "God grant that men of principle be our principal men" (49)?
(a) Jacqueline Kennedy.
(b) John Bolton.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

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

9. 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) 2019.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2013.

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

11. Who was the first U.S. President to reside in the upper level of the White House?
(a) John Adams.
(b) James Buchanan.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

12. Over what issue did Donald Trump have conflicts after the death of John McCain?
(a) A book deal about McCain.
(b) Keeping the flags at half mast.
(c) Whether he would make a public statement.
(d) Investigations into the McCain family.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Donald Trump changed his political party over the last three decades, according to the author in Chapter 3?

2. Whose father did Trump suggest (without evidence) was involved in the Kennedy assassination?

3. When did the anonymous author of A Warning publish a piece in the New York Times describing the instability within the Trump administration?

4. When was John McCain released by his Vietnamese captors?

5. What one-word tweet did President Trump post in response after the New York Times article by the author was published?

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