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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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)?
(a) John Bolton.
(b) Lou Dobbs.
(c) Alex Jones.
(d) Rush Limbaugh.

2. When did Donald Trump make the statement to an audience in Iowa, "I like people who weren't captured" (3)?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2011.

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

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

5. When did Donald Trump make the following tweet? "Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q. is one of the highest--and you all know it! Please don't feel stupid or insecure, it's not your fault" (62).
(a) 2018.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2019.

6. Who was the head of Trump's transition team when he was elected president?
(a) John F. Kelly.
(b) Chris Christie.
(c) John Bolton.
(d) Reince Priebus.

7. Who was the prime minister of Denmark that President Trump mocked publicly?
(a) Mette Frederiksen.
(b) John Bolton.
(c) James Buchanan.
(d) Gary Cohn.

8. Who famously restored and redesigned the stately rooms of the White House?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Jacqueline Kennedy.
(c) Dolley Madison.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

9. Who said, "I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic" (91)?
(a) Scott Pruitt.
(b) Dolley Madison.
(c) Abigail Adams.
(d) Jerome Powell.

10. What position did Steven Mnuchin hold in the Trump administration?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Treasury Secretary.
(c) Homeland Security Chief.
(d) Director of National Intelligence.

11. When did President Trump suggest to aides that weapons be given to all of American's teachers so they could fight back against mass shooters?
(a) June 2018.
(b) July 2017.
(c) February 2018.
(d) December 2019.

12. What position did Kirstjen Nielson have within the Trump administration?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Homeland Security Chief.
(c) Treasury Secretary.
(d) Director of National Intelligence.

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

14. What term refers to the combined qualities of wisdom, temperance, courage, and justice?
(a) The cardinal virtues.
(b) The four attributes.
(c) The square center.
(d) The four blessings.

15. What did the essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in support of the Constitution become known as?
(a) The Nationalist Papers.
(b) The Constitution Papers.
(c) The Federalist Papers.
(d) The Pluralist Papers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date did Trump tweet: "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency" (19)?

3. With what does the author associate an individual's body and its actions?

4. 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)?

5. When did the Space Shuttle Challenger explode?

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