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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) June 2019.
(b) July 2018.
(c) September 2019.
(d) September 2018.

2. 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 Deep State.
(b) The Infowars State.
(c) The Blue State.
(d) The Steady State.

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

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

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

6. On what date did Trump tweet: "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency" (19)?
(a) August 25, 2018.
(b) December 19, 2018.
(c) March 12, 2018.
(d) September 5, 2018.

7. 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)?
(a) "Enemy civilians."
(b) "Enemy combatants."
(c) "Treasonous persons."
(d) "Renegades."

8. Whose portrait hangs over the fireplace in the State Dining Room of the White House?
(a) Abraham Lincoln's.
(b) Thomas Jefferson's.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt's.
(d) John Adams's.

9. From what position did Donald Trump remove John Kelly?
(a) Director of National Intelligence.
(b) Treasury Secretary.
(c) White House Communications Director.
(d) Chief of Staff.

10. 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) March 11, 2018.
(d) September 25, 2018.

11. What does the author assert Donald Trump prioritizes over conviction in Chapter 3?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Money.
(c) Power.
(d) Convenience.

12. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) "Collapse of the Steady State."
(b) "The Deep State Grows."
(c) "Analysis of Character."
(d) "Sanctions Are Coming."

13. Who wrote De Officiis, spelling out how a public servant should behave?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Cicero.

14. Who wrote "God grant that men of principle be our principal men" (49)?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Jacqueline Kennedy.
(c) John Bolton.
(d) John Adams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what position did Donald Trump remove Rex Tillerson?

2. Over what issue did Donald Trump have conflicts after the death of John McCain?

3. When was John McCain released by his Vietnamese captors?

4. 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)?

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

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