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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. When did Donald Trump say publicly, "You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right? The spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now" (15)?
(a) July 2018.
(b) September 2018.
(c) June 2019.
(d) September 2019.

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

3. When did the anonymous author of A Warning publish a piece in the New York Times describing the instability within the Trump administration?
(a) September 25, 2018.
(b) August 25, 2018.
(c) September 5, 2018.
(d) March 11, 2018.

4. Who did Donald Trump create the nickname "Slimeball" for?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Lou Dobbs.
(c) John Bolton.
(d) Jim Comey.

5. From what position did Donald Trump remove Rex Tillerson?
(a) Treasury Secretary.
(b) Director of National Intelligence.
(c) Secretary of Defense.
(d) Secretary of State.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

4. Who was the head of the Environmental Protection Agency that blamed staff for his misuse of government funds and was forced to resign?

5. In what war did the British set fire to the White House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author present a number of crude statements by Donald Trump in Chapter 2?

2. To what does the author attribute the high rate of turnover in the Trump administration in Chapter 1?

3. What event is described that led the author to the writing of this book, as described in the Introduction?

4. In Chapter 1, the author describes the president's orders broken down into thirds. What comprise these three types of orders?

5. What were the circumstances surrounding Trump's disclosure that the U.S. was pulling out of Syria?

6. What is confirmation bias?

7. How does the author describe the typical process of transition for an incoming president in Chapter 1?

8. How are "character" and "ethics" defined?

9. Who headed Trump's transition team surrounding his inauguration? What difficulties were faced?

10. How does Trump compare with recent presidents concerning executive orders?

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