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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What president delayed the nation from plunging into civil war but at the cost that he protected the slave-holding interests of the South, according to the author in Chapter 2?

2. How many times did John McCain run for president?

3. Whose father did Trump suggest (without evidence) was involved in the Kennedy assassination?

4. When key government leaders quit during the Watergate scandal, what did the press dub it?

5. What pen name did Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay use in writing anonymous essays rebutting the criticism of the Constitution?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To what does the author attribute Trump's fickleness of political party?

3. Why was Trump compared to General George S. Patton in Chapter 1?

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

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

6. Upon what ideals was the Republican Party founded?

7. What are some of the issues described in Chapter 3 that Trump has flip-flopped on?

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

9. What do the "cardinal virtues" refer to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Donald Trump's policies on immigration and foreign trade. What issues does the author of A Warning take with Trump's policies and actions regarding these issues? How do you feel about Trump's positions on these issues? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author of A Warning. What is this individual's relationship to the Trump administration? Why has the author of the book chosen to write it anonymously? What have the critics and proponents of the book said about this individual's choice to publish anonymously?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the figure of Cleon in Ancient Greece and the comparisons made by the author between Cleon and Donald Trump. How are these individuals similar in their rhetorical style? What did Cleon represent in Ancient Athens? What does Trump represent for the United States today?

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