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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 – Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author assert is "the second-worst trait any president can have when he's trying to make deals on behalf of the American people" (192)?
(a) "The inability to bite his tongue."
(b) "The temperament of a child."
(c) "Lack of ethics."
(d) "Dishonesty."

2. Who was Donald Trump's third National Security Advisor?
(a) Reince Priebus.
(b) John F. Kelly.
(c) Chris Christie.
(d) John Bolton.

3. The author states in Chapter 7, "There are two separate types of unsavory Trump appointee. Both belong to the same genus, the Apologist, defined by their shared willingness to excuse the inexcusable. But each is its own species with distinctive characteristics" (223). What is the first species?
(a) The Sycophant.
(b) The Arbitrator.
(c) The Mercenary.
(d) The Silent Abettor.

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

5. What Amendment to the Constitution is "a constitutional provision that deals with presidential succession in cases of resignation, removal, incapacitation, or death" (236)?
(a) The 23rd Amendment.
(b) The 25th Amendment.
(c) The 12th Amendment.
(d) The 2nd Amendment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the British Prime Minister that bristled at Trump's response to the 2017 terrorist attacks on London?

2. 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)?

3. Whom did Todd Beamer contact using the seat phone on the hijacked aircraft, according to the author in the Epilogue?

4. Who is the authoritarian Turkish president whom Trump referred to as a friend?

5. How long of a heads-up is the president required to provide Congress before weapons sales with other countries can move forward?

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