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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who rescued the portrait of George Washington's before the British set fire to the White House?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Dolley Madison.
(c) Jacqueline Kennedy.
(d) John Adams.
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?
(a) 16.
(b) 39.
(c) 34.
(d) 29.
3. From what position did Donald Trump remove Rex Tillerson?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Treasury Secretary.
(c) Secretary of Defense.
(d) Director of National Intelligence.
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) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) John Bolton.
(d) James Buchanan.
5. When did the Space Shuttle Challenger explode?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1984.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was the prime minister of Denmark that President Trump mocked publicly?
2. Who said, "I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic" (91)?
3. Whose father did Trump suggest (without evidence) was involved in the Kennedy assassination?
4. Who was the first U.S. President to reside in the upper level of the White House?
5. On what date did Trump tweet: "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency" (19)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Trump claim to like "acting" officials?
2. How does Trump's character demonstrate justice or lack thereof, according to the author's assessment in Chapter 2?
3. How does Trump's character demonstrate wisdom or lack thereof, according to the author's assessment in Chapter 2?
4. Why does the author turn to Cicero in Chapter 2?
5. Why was Trump compared to General George S. Patton in Chapter 1?
6. What are some of the most extreme ideas Trump came up with for dealing with the issue of immigration according to the author in Chapter 1?
7. What do the "cardinal virtues" refer to?
8. What was demonstrated through Trump's response to the "Unite the Right" violence?
9. What were the circumstances surrounding Trump's disclosure that the U.S. was pulling out of Syria?
10. When did the nickname the "Grand Old Party" arise? Why?
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