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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 Washington Post columnist was murdered in Saudi Arabia in October of 2018?
(a) Jamal. Khashoggi.
(b) Karl Popper.
(c) Cemal Gürsel.
(d) Roger Waterson.

2. What CNN correspondent did Trump get into it with in the fall of 2018, calling him a "rude, terrible person" (200)?
(a) Malcolm Turnbull.
(b) Don McGahn.
(c) Jim Acosta.
(d) Karl Popper.

3. Of what former Attorney General did Trump exclaim "Man, he is one of the stupidest creatures on this earth God ever Created!" (118)?
(a) Scott Pruitt.
(b) Jerome Powell.
(c) Jeff Sessions.
(d) Don McGahn.

4. When did Trump allegedly reveal highly classified information in an Oval Office meeting with Russia's foreign minister, according to the author in Chapter 4?
(a) May 2017.
(b) May 2018.
(c) June 2019.
(d) July 2017.

5. Who described Cleon as "the man who, with his attacks, corrupted the Athenians more than anyone else" (184)?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Democratic president historically vowed that America would stand for "the principles of a liberated mankind... whether in war or in peace" (155)?

2. Who replaced Mike Flynn as National Security Advisor?

3. Who was Trump's first national security advisor that was removed for lying about his contacts with Russia?

4. Where was the first meeting between Kim Jong Un and Trump arranged?

5. Who is the Philippine president that Donald Trump praised for his "unbelievable job" cracking down on drugs (161)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Mueller Report?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was notable about Trump tweeting a photo of a failed Iranian missile launch in the summer of 2019?

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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