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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Donald Trump's second chief of staff?
(a) Reince Priebus.
(b) Chris Christie.
(c) John Bolton.
(d) John F. Kelly.

2. When was the Resolute desk that sits in the Oval Office gifted to the U.S.?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1870.
(d) 1890.

3. What term refers to an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly?
(a) Filibuster.
(b) Outlay.
(c) Caucus.
(d) Grandstand.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Space Shuttle Challenger explode?

2. What White House counsel did Donald Trump demand fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and he refused?

3. What U.S. state is said to be the most prominent of those affected by Trump's attacks and withholding of funds as a means of retribution?

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

5. 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)?

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