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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is defined by the author as "the study of how a person should act, particularly toward others" (57)?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Social studies.
(c) Theory.
(d) Entropics.

2. When did Donald Trump say publicly, "You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right? The spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now" (15)?
(a) June 2019.
(b) July 2018.
(c) September 2019.
(d) September 2018.

3. The author states in Chapter 2, "It's been said that character is a tree, and reputation its" what (60)?
(a) Roots.
(b) Shadow.
(c) Branches.
(d) Leaves.

4. What one-word tweet did President Trump post in response after the New York Times article by the author was published?
(a) "WHY?"
(b) "WHO?"
(c) "TREASON?"
(d) "SPY?"

5. With what does the author associate an individual's body and its actions?
(a) His/her software.
(b) His/her hardware.
(c) His/her computer screen.
(d) His/her keyboard.

6. Over what issue did Donald Trump have conflicts after the death of John McCain?
(a) A book deal about McCain.
(b) Keeping the flags at half mast.
(c) Investigations into the McCain family.
(d) Whether he would make a public statement.

7. Who famously restored and redesigned the stately rooms of the White House?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Jacqueline Kennedy.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Dolley Madison.

8. Who rescued the portrait of George Washington's before the British set fire to the White House?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Jacqueline Kennedy.
(c) Dolley Madison.
(d) John Adams.

9. What position did Kirstjen Nielson have within the Trump administration?
(a) Treasury Secretary.
(b) Homeland Security Chief.
(c) Director of National Intelligence.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

10. What did the essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in support of the Constitution become known as?
(a) The Nationalist Papers.
(b) The Federalist Papers.
(c) The Pluralist Papers.
(d) The Constitution Papers.

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

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

13. When was the Resolute desk that sits in the Oval Office gifted to the U.S.?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1870.

14. 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) James Buchanan.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) John Bolton.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

15. What is the nickname that Trump coined for Senator Elizabeth Warren?
(a) Slimeball.
(b) Warring Warren.
(c) Pocahontas.
(d) Little Liz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Donald Trump create the nickname "Slimeball" for?

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

3. What White House counsel did Donald Trump demand fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and he refused?

4. Who gifted the Resolute desk that sits in the Oval Office?

5. What does the author assert Donald Trump prioritizes over conviction in Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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