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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who once devoted part of his cable news program to "The Mueller Crime Family"?
(a) Jerome Corsi.
(b) Scott Pruitt.
(c) Sean Hannity.
(d) Jerome Powell.

2. Who wrote The Deep State: How an Army of Elected Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destroy the Trump Agenda?
(a) Jerome Powell.
(b) Scott Pruitt.
(c) Jason Chaffetz.
(d) Jeff Sessions.

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

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

5. 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)?
(a) September 2016.
(b) May 2017.
(c) March 2017.
(d) July 2016.

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

7. What term refers to the human tendency "to interpret new information as evidence to support preexisting views" (196)?
(a) "False newsification."
(b) "Reference bias."
(c) "Confirmation bias."
(d) "Rejection bias."

8. What U.S. state is said to be the most prominent of those affected by Trump's attacks and withholding of funds as a means of retribution?
(a) New York.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

9. What does the author say is "the fairest way to describe the president's attitude toward our enemies" in Chapter 5 (167)?
(a) Absolute distrust.
(b) Resolution.
(c) Determined ambition.
(d) Willful ignorance.

10. Who is the Philippine president that Donald Trump praised for his "unbelievable job" cracking down on drugs (161)?
(a) H. R. McMaster.
(b) Rodrigo Duterte.
(c) Joseph Estrada.
(d) Benigno Aquino III.

11. What Washington Post columnist was murdered in Saudi Arabia in October of 2018?
(a) Roger Waterson.
(b) Jamal. Khashoggi.
(c) Cemal Gürsel.
(d) Karl Popper.

12. How long of a heads-up is the president required to provide Congress before weapons sales with other countries can move forward?
(a) 15 days.
(b) 30 days.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 months.

13. Who, in his first speech on the Senate floor, compared Beijing to "the cook that kills the frog in a pot of boiling water, smiling and cajoling as it slowly turns up the military and economic heat" (172)?
(a) Malcolm Turnbull.
(b) Karl Popper.
(c) Mitt Romney.
(d) Don McGahn.

14. Who said a quarter century ago that America would be "the greatest and most powerful nation, but a nation with peers" (156)?
(a) Gary Cohn.
(b) Henry Kissinger.
(c) Karl Popper.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

15. Who argued against Cleon that ill-tempered decisions were reckless, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Euclides.
(c) Diodotus.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country was set to play host to the G7 summit in 2018?

2. What Australian Prime Minister pressed President Trump on the issue of refugees right after his inauguration?

3. Who described Cleon as "the man who, with his attacks, corrupted the Athenians more than anyone else" (184)?

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

5. What ABC reporter did Trump tell he would consider accepting dirt from a foreign government about a political opponent?

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