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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who famously restored and redesigned the stately rooms of the White House?
(a) Dolley Madison.
(b) Jacqueline Kennedy.
(c) James Buchanan.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

2. What White House counsel did Donald Trump demand fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and he refused?
(a) Reince Priebus.
(b) John F. Kelly.
(c) Don McGahn.
(d) Mike Pence.

3. 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) Scott Pruitt.
(c) Jerome Powell.
(d) Dolley Madison.

4. Who rescued the portrait of George Washington's before the British set fire to the White House?
(a) Jacqueline Kennedy.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Dolley Madison.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

5. From what position did Donald Trump remove Rex Tillerson?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Secretary of Defense.
(c) Treasury Secretary.
(d) Director of National Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was John McCain held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam?

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

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)?

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

5. Who is the "once-respected Fox host whose late-night show is now riddled with conspiracy theories and wild speculation about current events" that Donald Trump admires (66)?

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