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

2. What is the nickname that Trump coined for Senator Elizabeth Warren?
(a) Little Liz.
(b) Slimeball.
(c) Warring Warren.
(d) Pocahontas.

3. How many times did John McCain run for president?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. Who gifted the Resolute desk that sits in the Oval Office?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) James Buchanan.

5. Whose father did Trump suggest (without evidence) was involved in the Kennedy assassination?
(a) Ted Cruz's.
(b) John F. Kelly's.
(c) Mike Pence's.
(d) John Bolton's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening of Chapter 2, George Washington is quoted with, "A good moral character is the first essential in a man ... It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but" also what (53)?

2. What state did John McCain serve as a United States senator?

3. 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)?

4. Whose portrait hangs over the fireplace in the State Dining Room of the White House?

5. According to an investigation by USA Today, Trump was involved in over how many lawsuits over the span of three decades?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the "Saturday Night Massacre" refer to and why does the author describe it in the Introduction?

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

3. What are the Federalist Papers? Why are they discussed in the Introduction?

4. What did Trump say regarding torture during his presidential campaign?

5. What is the "truth" about Trump's border wall presented by the author in Chapter 3?

6. How does Trump's character demonstrate justice or lack thereof, according to the author's assessment in Chapter 2?

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

8. How does Trump's character demonstrate temperance or lack thereof, according to the author's assessment in Chapter 2?

9. Why does the author turn to Cicero in Chapter 2?

10. How does Trump's character demonstrate courage or lack thereof, according to the author's assessment in Chapter 2?

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