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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 is the Philippine president that Donald Trump praised for his "unbelievable job" cracking down on drugs (161)?
(a) Rodrigo Duterte.
(b) Benigno Aquino III.
(c) H. R. McMaster.
(d) Joseph Estrada.

2. What major corporation did Rex Tillerson once head?
(a) Hewlitt Packard.
(b) Apple.
(c) Exxon.
(d) General Electric.

3. What Democratic president historically vowed that America would stand for "the principles of a liberated mankind... whether in war or in peace" (155)?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

4. What does the author say is "the fairest way to describe the president's attitude toward our enemies" in Chapter 5 (167)?
(a) Willful ignorance.
(b) Absolute distrust.
(c) Determined ambition.
(d) Resolution.

5. What Chinese president did Donald Trump celebrate over his move to permanently install himself in office for life?
(a) Xi Jinping.
(b) Mao Zedong.
(c) Kim Jung Ul.
(d) Jiang Zemin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 5?

2. When did Trump tweet "... I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong" (137)?

3. Who is the Saudi crown prince who was pegged with blame for the murder of a Washington Post columnist in October of 2018?

4. Who wrote The Deep State: How an Army of Elected Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destroy the Trump Agenda?

5. What country was set to play host to the G7 summit in 2018?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Mueller Report?

4. Describe Trump's performance at the 2018 G7 summit.

5. How did President Trump respond to the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi? Why?

6. For what did Michael Cohen go to prison?

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

8. What is NATO?

9. How does the author describe Trump's behavior toward the judicial system?

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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