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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction – Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long was John McCain held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

2. From what position did Donald Trump remove John Kelly?
(a) Director of National Intelligence.
(b) White House Communications Director.
(c) Treasury Secretary.
(d) Chief of Staff.

3. To whom is the following quote attributed? "No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable without possessing a certain portion of order and stability" (19).
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) James Adams.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) James Madison.

4. Who wrote: "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public" (14)?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Reince Priebus.

5. What did the parody poster in the style of Game of Thrones say that Trump became enamored with, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) "Sanctions Are Coming."
(b) "Tariffs Are Coming."
(c) "Summer is Coming."
(d) "Congress is Coming."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in support of the Constitution become known as?

2. Who wrote "God grant that men of principle be our principal men" (49)?

3. 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)?

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

5. When did John McCain die?

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