View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 – 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gifted the Resolute desk that sits in the Oval Office?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) James Buchanan.

2. When did Donald Trump state, "Nobody reads the Bible more than me" (61)?
(a) February 2016.
(b) May 2017.
(c) July 2016.
(d) March 2019.

3. 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?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Bolton.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) James Buchanan.

4. Who did Donald Trump create the nickname "Slimeball" for?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Jim Comey.
(c) John Bolton.
(d) Lou Dobbs.

5. How many executive orders did Bill Clinton issue in his first three years as president?
(a) 90.
(b) 25.
(c) 112.
(d) 120.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "God grant that men of principle be our principal men" (49)?

2. What position did Jim Mattis step down from the day after Trump's Syria tweets?

3. What term in Chapter 3 refers to a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle?

4. Who said, "I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic" (91)?

5. Who was the first U.S. President to reside in the upper level of the White House?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 232 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample