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

2. What does the author associate a person's moral code as in Chapter 2?
(a) His/her software.
(b) His/her keyboard.
(c) His/her hardware.
(d) His/her motherboard.

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) James Madison.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) John F. Kelly.

4. How many times did John McCain run for president?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. When did Trump tweet "... I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong" (137)?
(a) July 2017.
(b) June 2018.
(c) June 2019.
(d) May 2017.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote De Officiis, spelling out how a public servant should behave?

3. When was John McCain released by his Vietnamese captors?

4. What president delayed the nation from plunging into civil war but at the cost that he protected the slave-holding interests of the South, according to the author in Chapter 2?

5. What position did Steven Mnuchin hold in the Trump administration?

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