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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What former economic advisor is quoted in Chapter 2 as having said, "Trump won't read anything--not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers, nothing. He gets up halfway through meetings with world leaders because he is bored" (61)?
(a) Gary Cohn.
(b) James Buchanan.
(c) Chris Christie.
(d) John Bolton.

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

3. 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)?
(a) Karl Popper.
(b) Will Durant.
(c) Malcolm Turnbull.
(d) Don McGahn.

4. Who wrote "God grant that men of principle be our principal men" (49)?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Jacqueline Kennedy.
(d) John Bolton.

5. When was John McCain released by his Vietnamese captors?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1974.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first U.S. President to reside in the upper level of the White House?

2. When did Trump allegedly reveal highly classified information in an Oval Office meeting with Russia's foreign minister, according to the author in Chapter 4?

3. From what book of the Bible is the following quote from Chapter 6 attributed? "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (198).

4. Who replaced Mike Flynn as National Security Advisor?

5. When did the president of the European Council tweet "Looking at the latest decisions of @realDonaldTrump someone could even think: with friends like that who needs enemies" (179)?

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