1. 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) June 2018.
(b) May 2017.
(c) June 2019.
(d) July 2017.

2. According to an investigation by USA Today, Trump was involved in over how many lawsuits over the span of three decades?
(a) 3,500.
(b) 4,500.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 2,000.

3. In the opening of Chapter 2, George Washington is quoted with, "A good moral character is the first essential in a man ... It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but" also what (53)?
(a) "Kind."
(b) "Just."
(c) "Virtuous."
(d) "Wise."

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?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) John Bolton.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the following quote attributed in the Epilogue: "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature" (249)?

2. What major corporation did Rex Tillerson once head?

3. Who was Donald Trump's second chief of staff?

4. Who replaced Pat Shanahan as U.S. secretary of defense?

5. What U.S. state did Mick Mulvaney represent in the U.S. House of Representatives?

(see the answer key)

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