1. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) "The Road Ahead."
(b) "Sanctions Are Coming."
(c) "Collapse of the Steady State."
(d) "A Weakness for Strongmen."

2. Who wrote, "The more we try to return to the heroic age of tribalism, the more surely do we arrive at the Inquisition, at the Secret Police, and at a romanticized gangsterism" (206)?
(a) Karl Popper.
(b) Malcolm Turnbull.
(c) Kellyanne Conway.
(d) Don McGahn.

3. Who said a quarter century ago that America would be "the greatest and most powerful nation, but a nation with peers" (156)?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Gary Cohn.
(c) Karl Popper.
(d) Henry Kissinger.

4. To whom at the G7 2017 summit did Trump allegedly toss a Starburst candy, stating, "Don't say I never give you anything" (152)?
(a) Angela Merkel.
(b) Abigail Adams.
(c) Gary Cohn.
(d) Karl Popper.

5. What does the author describe in Chapter 5 as "the most important responsibility of the commander in chief" (153)?
(a) National security.
(b) Coordination with Congress.
(c) Finance.
(d) Maintaining internal peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. In concluding Chapter 6, the author states, "If Trump's actions have turned the US government into one of his failed businesses, his rhetoric is turning our national stage into one of his" what (206)?

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

3. What was Dan Coats's position in the Trump administration?

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

5. What White House counsel did Donald Trump demand fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and he refused?

(see the answer key)

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