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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. Why did President Obama refuse to open talks with North Korea?
(a) North Korea had to agree to give up its nuclear weapons program.
(b) He and Kim Jong Un could not agree on a place to meet.
(c) Congress would not approve the meeting.
(d) He vowed he would never meet with North Korea.

2. What was Gary Cohn's overall assessment of the U.S. economy?
(a) He did not have an opinion.
(b) Overall it is in okay shape.
(c) It is headed for a recession.
(d) It could not be worse.

3. What important Washington cover up did Bob Woodward investigate and write about?
(a) Obamagate.
(b) The Clinton Investigation.
(c) Watergate.
(d) White Water.

4. For what prestigious investment banking firm did Gary Cohn work?
(a) Bear Sterns.
(b) Sterns and Foster.
(c) Goldman Sachs.
(d) JP Morgan Chase.

5. Who was appointed special counsel to investigate the Russian meddling in the 2016 election?
(a) David Gergen.
(b) James Comey.
(c) Robert Mueller.
(d) Rex Tillerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Tomahawk helicopters hit their targets in Syria?

2. Who did President Trump want to talk to for a view of what was happening on the ground in Afghanistan?

3. What does the U.S. want to prevent North Korea from building?

4. To what country did President Trump go for his first international trip?

5. Who was John Podesta?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story in the New York Times did the White House try unsuccessfully to correct?

2. What was the first official document President Trump signed after taking office?

3. What did North Korea's hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment servers prove about their cyber capabilities?

4. What country paid for the South Korean weapons system known as THAAD?

5. What are the "third rail" issues Flynn referred to in Chapter 10 that upset President Trump?

6. What deal did President Trump call one of the worst he had ever seen?

7. What did Bannon and Bossie recognize about Trump's political understanding during their 2010 meeting?

8. How does Congress oversee federal spending?

9. When did the Afghanistan War begin?

10. As of 2018, how many years has the U.S. been fighting in Afghanistan?

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