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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is the following quote attributed? "No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable without possessing a certain portion of order and stability" (19).
(a) James Adams.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) James Madison.

2. Whose father did Trump suggest (without evidence) was involved in the Kennedy assassination?
(a) John F. Kelly's.
(b) Mike Pence's.
(c) Ted Cruz's.
(d) John Bolton's.

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

4. What position did Jim Mattis step down from the day after Trump's Syria tweets?
(a) Homeland Security Chief.
(b) Treasury Secretary.
(c) Secretary of Defense.
(d) Director of National Intelligence.

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

6. 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.

7. What did Donald Trump once errantly claim was the primary export to Japan while he was giving a speech on energy production?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Computers.
(c) Cars.
(d) Apples.

8. What nickname did Donald lTrump conceive of for Senator Dick Blumenthal?
(a) Sneaky Dick.
(b) Slimeball.
(c) De Nang Dick.
(d) Pocahontus.

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

10. 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) "Just."
(b) "Kind."
(c) "Virtuous."
(d) "Wise."

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

12. 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) Dolley Madison.
(b) Scott Pruitt.
(c) Abigail Adams.
(d) Jerome Powell.

13. How many of the 55 delegates backed the draft of the U.S. Constitution that was released to the public for consideration and ratification in 1787?
(a) 29.
(b) 39.
(c) 34.
(d) 16.

14. What was Dan Coats's position in the Trump administration?
(a) Homeland Security Chief.
(b) Treasury Secretary.
(c) Director of National Intelligence.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

15. What does the author associate a person's moral code as in Chapter 2?
(a) His/her keyboard.
(b) His/her hardware.
(c) His/her software.
(d) His/her motherboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 2, "It's been said that character is a tree, and reputation its" what (60)?

2. When did the Space Shuttle Challenger explode?

3. Whom did President-Elect Trump replace his transition chief with after his election victory?

4. 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)?

5. Who was the prime minister of Denmark that President Trump mocked publicly?

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