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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. In addition to the United States, what nations comprise the G7?
(a) Canada, France, Germany, Russia, China, and Italy.
(b) Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France, and China.
(c) Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
(d) Russia, Ukraine, China, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.

2. Where was the first meeting between Kim Jong Un and Trump arranged?
(a) Singapore.
(b) Thailand.
(c) China.
(d) Malaysia.

3. What are the three branches of the U.S. government?
(a) Education, judicial, and legislative.
(b) Financial, secular, and military.
(c) Executive, articulate, and oratory.
(d) Executive, legislative, and judicial.

4. What percentage of U.S. adults said that "political debate in the country has become more negative and less respectful" according to a Pew Research Center survey released in 2019 (191)?
(a) 75%.
(b) 65%.
(c) 95%.
(d) 85%.

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)?
(a) John Quincy Adams.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) James Madison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who "argued that the laws of nature--including 'the survival of the fittest'--apply to global politics," according to the author in Chapter 5 (178)?

2. When did the president of the European Council tweet "Looking at the latest decisions of @realDonaldTrump someone could even think: with friends like that who needs enemies" (179)?

3. Whom did Trump tweet about after his attendance at the 2017 G7 summit, calling him "so meek and mild... very dishonest and weak" (152)?

4. Who said a quarter century ago that America would be "the greatest and most powerful nation, but a nation with peers" (156)?

5. With what Japanese Prime Minister did Trump get irritated at the 2017 G7 summit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What threats are presented through Donald Trump's affinity for autocrats, according to the author?

2. What is referred to as the "New Mason-Dixon Line" in Chapter 6?

3. What is the duty of the national security advisor, according to the author in Chapter 5?

4. The author states that the legislative branch is the first enumerated in the Constitution in Article I for a reason. Why?

5. What does the Ukraine scandal demonstrate, according to the author in Chapter 5?

6. Who was Cleon and how is he compared with Trump?

7. For what did Michael Cohen go to prison?

8. What is the Mueller Report?

9. The author presents a number of books written recently about the Deep State. What points are made in these books?

10. What does the author note about Trump having been caught on camera examining sensitive documents using a cell phone in Chapter 4?

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