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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 – 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the U.S. federal budget deficit when Obama left office in 2016?
(a) $932 billion.
(b) $587 billion.
(c) $4.2 trillion.
(d) $1.4 trillion.

3. Whose portrait hangs over the fireplace in the State Dining Room of the White House?
(a) Thomas Jefferson's.
(b) John Adams's.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt's.
(d) Abraham Lincoln's.

4. What term does the author use to refer to those in the Trump administration who, like him, have worked to maintain security and focus despite Trump's erratic actions?
(a) The Steady State.
(b) The Blue State.
(c) The Deep State.
(d) The Infowars State.

5. Over what issue did Donald Trump have conflicts after the death of John McCain?
(a) Keeping the flags at half mast.
(b) Investigations into the McCain family.
(c) A book deal about McCain.
(d) Whether he would make a public statement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who "argued that the laws of nature--including 'the survival of the fittest'--apply to global politics," according to the author in Chapter 5 (178)?

2. When did John McCain die?

3. Who was the head of the Environmental Protection Agency that blamed staff for his misuse of government funds and was forced to resign?

4. Who famously restored and redesigned the stately rooms of the White House?

5. Who is cited with the following quote that opens Chapter 5? "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty" (151).

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