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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what war did the British set fire to the White House?
(a) The French and Indian War.
(b) The Mexican-American War.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) The Creek War.

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

3. 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) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) James Madison.

4. 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) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) James Buchanan.
(d) John Bolton.

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

6. What state did John McCain serve as a United States senator?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) Utah.
(d) Arizona.

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

8. Among the quotes attributed to Donald Trump in Chapter 2, one of them attributes what to being "one of the greatest inventions of all times" (55)?
(a) The telephone.
(b) TiVo.
(c) The computer.
(d) The cell phone.

9. When did John McCain die?
(a) August 25, 2018.
(b) March 11, 2018.
(c) June 12, 2017.
(d) September 5, 2018.

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

11. When did the Space Shuttle Challenger explode?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1986.

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

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

14. Who gifted the Resolute desk that sits in the Oval Office?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

15. What did the parody poster in the style of Game of Thrones say that Trump became enamored with, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) "Summer is Coming."
(b) "Tariffs Are Coming."
(c) "Congress is Coming."
(d) "Sanctions Are Coming."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first U.S. President to reside in the upper level of the White House?

2. 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?

3. Who is the conspiracy theorist behind the website Infowars?

4. When was the Resolute desk that sits in the Oval Office gifted to the U.S.?

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

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