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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did President-Elect Trump replace his transition chief with after his election victory?
(a) Reince Priebus.
(b) Mike Pence.
(c) John F. Kelly.
(d) John Bolton.

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

3. Who rescued the portrait of George Washington's before the British set fire to the White House?
(a) Dolley Madison.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Jacqueline Kennedy.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

4. When did the anonymous author of A Warning publish a piece in the New York Times describing the instability within the Trump administration?
(a) August 25, 2018.
(b) September 5, 2018.
(c) September 25, 2018.
(d) March 11, 2018.

5. When did Donald Trump say publicly, "You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right? The spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now" (15)?
(a) July 2018.
(b) June 2019.
(c) September 2018.
(d) September 2019.

6. With what does the author associate an individual's body and its actions?
(a) His/her computer screen.
(b) His/her hardware.
(c) His/her keyboard.
(d) His/her software.

7. What term in Chapter 3 refers to a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle?
(a) Magnate.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Apostate.
(d) Rhetoric.

8. What is the nickname that Trump coined for Senator Elizabeth Warren?
(a) Little Liz.
(b) Slimeball.
(c) Pocahontas.
(d) Warring Warren.

9. What pen name did Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay use in writing anonymous essays rebutting the criticism of the Constitution?
(a) Plubius.
(b) Voter.
(c) Anonymous.
(d) Cicero.

10. Who did Donald Trump create the nickname "Slimeball" for?
(a) John Bolton.
(b) James Buchanan.
(c) Lou Dobbs.
(d) Jim Comey.

11. What was Tom Bossert's position in the Trump administration?
(a) Treasury Secretary.
(b) Secretary of Defense.
(c) Homeland Security Advisor.
(d) White House Communications Director.

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

13. 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 Infowars State.
(c) The Deep State.
(d) The Blue State.

14. Who was Donald Trump's first chief of staff?
(a) John Bolton.
(b) John F. Kelly.
(c) Reince Priebus.
(d) Chris Christie.

15. What is defined by the author as "the study of how a person should act, particularly toward others" (57)?
(a) Social studies.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Theory.
(d) Entropics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Steven Mnuchin hold in the Trump administration?

2. Regarding the issues of immigration, the author states, "At one point, Trump warmed to a new idea for solving what he viewed as the biggest crisis in American history: to label migrants as" what (41)?

3. 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)?

4. How many times has Donald Trump changed his political party over the last three decades, according to the author in Chapter 3?

5. When did Donald Trump make the statement to an audience in Iowa, "I like people who weren't captured" (3)?

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