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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Washington Post columnist was murdered in Saudi Arabia in October of 2018?
(a) Jamal. Khashoggi.
(b) Roger Waterson.
(c) Karl Popper.
(d) Cemal Gürsel.

2. What CNN correspondent did Trump get into it with in the fall of 2018, calling him a "rude, terrible person" (200)?
(a) Jim Acosta.
(b) Malcolm Turnbull.
(c) Karl Popper.
(d) Don McGahn.

3. What are the three branches of the U.S. government?
(a) Executive, articulate, and oratory.
(b) Executive, legislative, and judicial.
(c) Education, judicial, and legislative.
(d) Financial, secular, and military.

4. In the 2017 G7 summit, the hosting country announced that what two issues would be the main focuses of the summit?
(a) Gender equality and women's empowerment.
(b) Sexual harassment and the courts.
(c) Trade and finance.
(d) Climate change and the international economy.

5. Who "argued that the laws of nature--including 'the survival of the fittest'--apply to global politics," according to the author in Chapter 5 (178)?
(a) Malcolm Turnbull.
(b) Don McGahn.
(c) Karl Popper.
(d) Will Durant.

6. When did "The Greek experiment with democracy" reach "a memorable turning point" (183)?
(a) 231 BC.
(b) 32 BC.
(c) 427 BC.
(d) 142 BC.

7. Whom did Trump tweet about after his attendance at the 2017 G7 summit, calling him "so meek and mild... very dishonest and weak" (152)?
(a) Justin Trudeau.
(b) Gary Cohn.
(c) Karl Popper.
(d) John Bolton.

8. In addition to the United States, what nations comprise the G7?
(a) Canada, France, Germany, Russia, China, and Italy.
(b) Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France, and China.
(c) Russia, Ukraine, China, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.
(d) Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

9. What percentage of U.S. adults said that "political debate in the country has become more negative and less respectful" according to a Pew Research Center survey released in 2019 (191)?
(a) 75%.
(b) 65%.
(c) 95%.
(d) 85%.

10. Who was Trump's first national security advisor that was removed for lying about his contacts with Russia?
(a) Scott Pruitt.
(b) Jerome Corsi.
(c) Jerome Powell.
(d) Mike Flynn.

11. What judge related to a lawsuit against Trump University did Trump accuse of bias because the judge was of Mexican heritage?
(a) Judge Scott Pruitt.
(b) Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel.
(c) Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
(d) Judge Jerome Powell.

12. Who is cited with the following quote that opens Chapter 5? "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty" (151).
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) James Madison.

13. Who argued against Cleon that ill-tempered decisions were reckless, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Euclides.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Diodotus.

14. How many nations comprise NATO?
(a) 12.
(b) 32.
(c) 14.
(d) 29.

15. What ABC reporter did Trump tell he would consider accepting dirt from a foreign government about a political opponent?
(a) Jerome Powell.
(b) Jerome Corsi.
(c) Scott Pruitt.
(d) George Stephanopoulos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced the term "alternative facts" on Meet the Press when speaking with Chuck Todd?

2. What position does Betsy DeVos hold in the Trump administration?

3. Who wrote, "The more we try to return to the heroic age of tribalism, the more surely do we arrive at the Inquisition, at the Secret Police, and at a romanticized gangsterism" (206)?

4. When did Donald Trump blast Obama for his trip to Cuba to meet Raul Castro?

5. When did Trump allegedly reveal highly classified information in an Oval Office meeting with Russia's foreign minister, according to the author in Chapter 4?

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