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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 – 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Among the quotes attributed to Donald Trump in Chapter 2, one of them attributes what to being "one of the greatest inventions of all times" (55)?
(a) TiVo.
(b) The cell phone.
(c) The computer.
(d) The telephone.

2. In addition to the United States, what nations comprise the G7?
(a) Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France, and China.
(b) Canada, France, Germany, Russia, China, and Italy.
(c) Russia, Ukraine, China, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.
(d) Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

3. Who described Cleon as "the man who, with his attacks, corrupted the Athenians more than anyone else" (184)?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Socrates.

4. What does the author say happened at the moment Trump began his inaugural address?
(a) It began to snow.
(b) A rainbow appeared.
(c) It began to rain.
(d) A plane crash occurred.

5. In the 2017 G7 summit, the hosting country announced that what two issues would be the main focuses of the summit?
(a) Gender equality and women's empowerment.
(b) Trade and finance.
(c) Sexual harassment and the courts.
(d) Climate change and the international economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose portrait hangs over the fireplace in the State Dining Room of the White House?

2. Who wrote, "The more we try to return to the heroic age of tribalism, the more surely do we arrive at the Inquisition, at the Secret Police, and at a romanticized gangsterism" (206)?

3. What are the three branches of the U.S. government?

4. Who was the British Prime Minister that bristled at Trump's response to the 2017 terrorist attacks on London?

5. Who is cited with the following quote that opens Chapter 5? "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty" (151).

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