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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to an investigation by USA Today, Trump was involved in over how many lawsuits over the span of three decades?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 3,500.
(d) 4,500.

2. What position did Steven Mnuchin hold in the Trump administration?
(a) Homeland Security Chief.
(b) Treasury Secretary.
(c) Director of National Intelligence.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

3. Who is cited with the opening quote of the book: "Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike" (1)?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) John F. Kelly.
(d) James Madison.

4. Who was the head of the Environmental Protection Agency that blamed staff for his misuse of government funds and was forced to resign?
(a) Jerome Powell.
(b) James Buchanan.
(c) Dolley Madison.
(d) Scott Pruitt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Donald Trump once errantly claim was the primary export to Japan while he was giving a speech on energy production?

2. In what war did the British set fire to the White House?

3. The author states in Chapter 2, "It's been said that character is a tree, and reputation its" what (60)?

4. How long of a heads-up is the president required to provide Congress before weapons sales with other countries can move forward?

5. Who said, "I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic" (91)?

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