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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Smoke and Mirrors, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What funding backed the Virginia Beach project that Fred took up?
(a) The Federal Housing Administration.
(b) Friedrich's money.
(c) Fred's own hard-earned money.
(d) Mary's inheritance.

2. According to Mary, what is surprising about the publicity Donald has received over 50 years?
(a) It has changed Donald into a self-assured man.
(b) It did not do justice to the family.
(c) There has been very little examination of why he became who he is.
(d) It catapulted him into the presidency.

3. How has the public responded to this normalization of transgressions, according to Mary?
(a) They have become almost numb.
(b) They have protested against it.
(c) They have accepted it.
(d) They have forgiven it.

4. What, according to Mary, is the "fragile and inadequate barrier" between Donald and the real world (17)?
(a) His ego.
(b) The White House.
(c) The family.
(d) Real estate.

5. How did Mary's fortunes change after the marriage?
(a) She came into a large inheritance after her marriage.
(b) She became American after being Scottish.
(c) She became affluent whereas she had been middle class.
(d) She had been a live-in help but now she had live-in help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill did Fred pass on to Donald?

2. According to Mary, how does Donald see everything?

3. When did Mary graduate from Tufts?

4. What was the surgical procedure Freddy underwent?

5. What was the health issue Mary faced after the operation?

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