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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. On what date did Trump tweet: "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency" (19)?
(a) March 12, 2018.
(b) August 25, 2018.
(c) December 19, 2018.
(d) September 5, 2018.

2. What position did Anthony Scaramucci have in the Trump administration?
(a) Treasury Secretary.
(b) White House Communications Director.
(c) Homeland Security Advisor.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

3. What is defined by the author as "the study of how a person should act, particularly toward others" (57)?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Entropics.
(c) Theory.
(d) Social studies.

4. Who was Donald Trump's first chief of staff?
(a) John Bolton.
(b) John F. Kelly.
(c) Reince Priebus.
(d) Chris Christie.

5. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) "Analysis of Character."
(b) "The Deep State Grows."
(c) "Sanctions Are Coming."
(d) "Collapse of the Steady State."

Short Answer Questions

1. What former economic advisor is quoted in Chapter 2 as having said, "Trump won't read anything--not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers, nothing. He gets up halfway through meetings with world leaders because he is bored" (61)?

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

3. What was the U.S. federal budget deficit when Obama took office in 2009?

4. 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)?

5. Who did Donald Trump create the nickname "Slimeball" for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When did the nickname the "Grand Old Party" arise? Why?

4. How does Trump relate to big government, according to the author in Chapter 3?

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

6. Describe Donald Trump's history of political affiliation. How many times has he changed party affiliation?

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

8. How does the author define "Steady State" and "Deep State" in the book?

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

10. Who does the author claim are the "real" chiefs of staff in the Trump administration?

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