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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 – 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did President Trump suggest to aides that weapons be given to all of American's teachers so they could fight back against mass shooters?
(a) December 2019.
(b) July 2017.
(c) February 2018.
(d) June 2018.

2. In 1875, Ulysses S. Grant speculated that if the nation were divided again, it would not be split North versus South but by what, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) The sexes.
(b) Religion and atheism.
(c) Love and hatred.
(d) Intelligence and ignorance.

3. What U.S. state is said to be the most prominent of those affected by Trump's attacks and withholding of funds as a means of retribution?
(a) New York.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

4. When did Trump fire FBI Director Jim Comey?
(a) May 9, 2017.
(b) August 25, 2018.
(c) March 11, 2018.
(d) July 12, 2017.

5. When did Donald Trump bellow at a campaign event, "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the thirty thousan [Clinton] emails that are missing" (163)?
(a) July 2016.
(b) March 2017.
(c) May 2017.
(d) September 2016.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the prime minister of Denmark that President Trump mocked publicly?

3. Whom did President-Elect Trump replace his transition chief with after his election victory?

4. In concluding Chapter 6, the author states, "If Trump's actions have turned the US government into one of his failed businesses, his rhetoric is turning our national stage into one of his" what (206)?

5. Who is the conspiracy theorist behind the website Infowars?

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