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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Australian Prime Minister pressed President Trump on the issue of refugees right after his inauguration?
(a) Reince Priebus.
(b) Don McGahn.
(c) Malcolm Turnbull.
(d) Karl Popper.

2. Who is the author of Killing the Deep State: The Fight to Save President Trump?
(a) Jerome Powell.
(b) Scott Pruitt.
(c) Jeff Sessions.
(d) Jerome Corsi.

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

4. When did Trump fire FBI Director Jim Comey?
(a) August 25, 2018.
(b) May 9, 2017.
(c) March 11, 2018.
(d) July 12, 2017.

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

6. 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)?
(a) "Dishonesty."
(b) "The temperament of a child."
(c) "The inability to bite his tongue."
(d) "Lack of ethics."

7. From what book of the Bible is the following quote from Chapter 6 attributed? "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (198).
(a) The Book of John.
(b) The Book of Jacob.
(c) The Book of Leviticus.
(d) The Book of Paul.

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

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

10. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) "Collapse of the Steady State."
(b) "Sanctions Are Coming."
(c) "The New Mason-Dixon Line."
(d) "A Weakness for Strongmen."

11. 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) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) New York.
(d) Arizona.

12. 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) Malcolm Turnbull.
(c) Karl Popper.
(d) Don McGahn.

13. Who replaced Mike Flynn as National Security Advisor?
(a) Chris Christie.
(b) James Walters.
(c) Karl Popper.
(d) H. R. McMaster.

14. 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) Don McGahn.
(b) Mitt Romney.
(c) Malcolm Turnbull.
(d) Karl Popper.

15. To whom at the G7 2017 summit did Trump allegedly toss a Starburst candy, stating, "Don't say I never give you anything" (152)?
(a) Gary Cohn.
(b) Abigail Adams.
(c) Angela Merkel.
(d) Karl Popper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What Washington Post columnist was murdered in Saudi Arabia in October of 2018?

3. In 1875, Ulysses S. Grant speculated that if the nation were divided again, it would not be split North versus South but by what, according to the author in Chapter 6?

4. When did Trump tweet "... I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong" (137)?

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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