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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 state, "Nobody reads the Bible more than me" (61)?
(a) February 2016.
(b) March 2019.
(c) May 2017.
(d) July 2016.

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

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

4. For how long was John McCain held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 5 years.

5. 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) Cars.
(c) Apples.
(d) Computers.

6. What president delayed the nation from plunging into civil war but at the cost that he protected the slave-holding interests of the South, according to the author in Chapter 2?
(a) John Bolton.
(b) James Buchanan.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

8. What position did Anthony Scaramucci have in the Trump administration?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Homeland Security Advisor.
(c) Treasury Secretary.
(d) White House Communications Director.

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

10. 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 Pluralist Papers.
(d) The Federalist Papers.

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

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

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) 16.
(c) 34.
(d) 39.

14. Who was the head of the Environmental Protection Agency that blamed staff for his misuse of government funds and was forced to resign?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Dolley Madison.
(c) Jerome Powell.
(d) Scott Pruitt.

15. Who wrote: "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public" (14)?
(a) Reince Priebus.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. When key government leaders quit during the Watergate scandal, what did the press dub it?

2. What was the U.S. federal budget deficit when Obama took office in 2009?

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

4. Who did Donald Trump create the nickname "Slimeball" for?

5. Who did Donald Trump appoint as the Chair of the Federal Reserve?

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