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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a Washington Post analysis, after nearly 900 days in the White House, how many false claims had the president made (194)?
(a) 11,000.
(b) 7,000.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 5,000.

2. What CNN correspondent did Trump get into it with in the fall of 2018, calling him a "rude, terrible person" (200)?
(a) Jim Acosta.
(b) Don McGahn.
(c) Karl Popper.
(d) Malcolm Turnbull.

3. Who is the Saudi crown prince who was pegged with blame for the murder of a Washington Post columnist in October of 2018?
(a) Mohammed bin Salman.
(b) Mohammed Abdulaziz I.
(c) Mohammed Abdullah I.
(d) Mohammed AbdulRahman.

4. What term refers to an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly?
(a) Grandstand.
(b) Caucus.
(c) Filibuster.
(d) Outlay.

5. What does the author say happened at the moment Trump began his inaugural address?
(a) A rainbow appeared.
(b) It began to rain.
(c) It began to snow.
(d) A plane crash occurred.

6. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) "The Road Ahead."
(b) "Collapse of the Steady State."
(c) "A Weakness for Strongmen."
(d) "Sanctions Are Coming."

7. When did Donald Trump blast Obama for his trip to Cuba to meet Raul Castro?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2015.

8. What are the three branches of the U.S. government?
(a) Executive, legislative, and judicial.
(b) Financial, secular, and military.
(c) Executive, articulate, and oratory.
(d) Education, judicial, and legislative.

9. When did "The Greek experiment with democracy" reach "a memorable turning point" (183)?
(a) 427 BC.
(b) 142 BC.
(c) 231 BC.
(d) 32 BC.

10. Where was the first meeting between Kim Jong Un and Trump arranged?
(a) Singapore.
(b) Thailand.
(c) China.
(d) Malaysia.

11. Who introduced the term "alternative facts" on Meet the Press when speaking with Chuck Todd?
(a) Don McGahn.
(b) Malcolm Turnbull.
(c) Kellyanne Conway.
(d) Karl Popper.

12. What position does Betsy DeVos hold in the Trump administration?
(a) Treasury Secretary.
(b) Secretary of Education.
(c) Homeland Security Chief.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

13. What country was set to play host to the G7 summit in 2018?
(a) The United States.
(b) Canada.
(c) France.
(d) Great Britain.

14. Of what former Attorney General did Trump exclaim "Man, he is one of the stupidest creatures on this earth God ever Created!" (118)?
(a) Don McGahn.
(b) Scott Pruitt.
(c) Jerome Powell.
(d) Jeff Sessions.

15. Who is the authoritarian Turkish president whom Trump referred to as a friend?
(a) Recep Erdogan.
(b) Cemal Gürsel..
(c) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk..
(d) Karl Popper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote, "The more we try to return to the heroic age of tribalism, the more surely do we arrive at the Inquisition, at the Secret Police, and at a romanticized gangsterism" (206)?

2. When did Donald Trump bellow at a campaign event, "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the thirty thousan [Clinton] emails that are missing" (163)?

3. In addition to the United States, what nations comprise the G7?

4. What does the author assert is "the second-worst trait any president can have when he's trying to make deals on behalf of the American people" (192)?

5. Who is attributed to the following quote that opens Chapter 4? "Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that is doing God's service when it is violating all His laws" (117)?

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