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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 – 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What position did Jim Mattis step down from the day after Trump's Syria tweets?
(a) Treasury Secretary.
(b) Director of National Intelligence.
(c) Secretary of Defense.
(d) Homeland Security Chief.

4. 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) 2018.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2019.

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) James Buchanan.
(c) John Bolton.
(d) Gary Cohn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did President-Elect Trump replace his transition chief with after his election victory?

2. What was the U.S. federal budget deficit when Obama took office in 2009?

3. When was the Resolute desk that sits in the Oval Office gifted to the U.S.?

4. What term in Chapter 3 refers to a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle?

5. What was the U.S. federal budget deficit when Obama left office in 2016?

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