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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what position did Donald Trump remove John Kelly?
(a) Chief of Staff.
(b) Director of National Intelligence.
(c) White House Communications Director.
(d) Treasury Secretary.

2. What pen name did Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay use in writing anonymous essays rebutting the criticism of the Constitution?
(a) Voter.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Plubius.
(d) Anonymous.

3. When did John McCain die?
(a) June 12, 2017.
(b) March 11, 2018.
(c) August 25, 2018.
(d) September 5, 2018.

4. What did Donald Trump once errantly claim was the primary export to Japan while he was giving a speech on energy production?
(a) Computers.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Cars.
(d) Apples.

5. What position did Steven Mnuchin hold in the Trump administration?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Director of National Intelligence.
(c) Homeland Security Chief.
(d) Treasury Secretary.

6. What position did Anthony Scaramucci have in the Trump administration?
(a) Treasury Secretary.
(b) Homeland Security Advisor.
(c) Secretary of Defense.
(d) White House Communications Director.

7. What position did Jim Mattis step down from the day after Trump's Syria tweets?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Director of National Intelligence.
(c) Treasury Secretary.
(d) Homeland Security Chief.

8. What was Dan Coats's position in the Trump administration?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Homeland Security Chief.
(c) Treasury Secretary.
(d) Director of National Intelligence.

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

10. When key government leaders quit during the Watergate scandal, what did the press dub it?
(a) The "Last Walkout."
(b) The "Midnight Mutiny."
(c) The "Saturday Night Massacre."
(d) The "Watergate Walkout."

11. Who was the first U.S. President to reside in the upper level of the White House?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

12. For how long was John McCain held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 5 years.

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

14. Who wrote: "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public" (14)?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Reince Priebus.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

15. What White House counsel did Donald Trump demand fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and he refused?
(a) John F. Kelly.
(b) Don McGahn.
(c) Reince Priebus.
(d) Mike Pence.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. When was the Resolute desk that sits in the Oval Office gifted to the U.S.?

3. What was the U.S. federal budget deficit when Obama took office in 2009?

4. Who did Donald Trump appoint as the Chair of the Federal Reserve?

5. Over what issue did Donald Trump have conflicts after the death of John McCain?

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