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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) "A Weakness for Strongmen."
(b) "Sanctions Are Coming."
(c) "The New Mason-Dixon Line."
(d) "Collapse of the Steady State."

2. What was the U.S. federal budget deficit when Obama left office in 2016?
(a) $932 billion.
(b) $587 billion.
(c) $4.2 trillion.
(d) $1.4 trillion.

3. When did Trump allegedly reveal highly classified information in an Oval Office meeting with Russia's foreign minister, according to the author in Chapter 4?
(a) May 2018.
(b) May 2017.
(c) June 2019.
(d) July 2017.

4. 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) Chris Christie.
(b) Gary Cohn.
(c) John Bolton.
(d) James Buchanan.

5. Who was the prime minister of Denmark that President Trump mocked publicly?
(a) John Bolton.
(b) Gary Cohn.
(c) James Buchanan.
(d) Mette Frederiksen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of the Environmental Protection Agency that blamed staff for his misuse of government funds and was forced to resign?

2. Who did Trump pressure Ukraine to investigate, leading to his impeachment?

3. Who rescued the portrait of George Washington's before the British set fire to the White House?

4. What percentage of U.S. adults said that "political debate in the country has become more negative and less respectful" according to a Pew Research Center survey released in 2019 (191)?

5. Who famously restored and redesigned the stately rooms of the White House?

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