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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What former economic advisor is quoted in Chapter 2 as having said, "Trump won't read anything--not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers, nothing. He gets up halfway through meetings with world leaders because he is bored" (61)?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Gary Cohn.
(c) Chris Christie.
(d) John Bolton.

4. In the opening of Chapter 2, George Washington is quoted with, "A good moral character is the first essential in a man ... It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but" also what (53)?
(a) "Just."
(b) "Kind."
(c) "Virtuous."
(d) "Wise."

5. When was John McCain released by his Vietnamese captors?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1974.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Donald lTrump conceive of for Senator Dick Blumenthal?

2. Who was the head of Trump's transition team when he was elected president?

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

4. 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)?

5. Who famously restored and redesigned the stately rooms of the White House?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Trump compare with recent presidents concerning executive orders?

2. Describe the president's misunderstanding of tariffs, as examined in Chapter 3.

3. Why does the author present a number of crude statements by Donald Trump in Chapter 2?

4. What was demonstrated through Trump's response to the "Unite the Right" violence?

5. Upon what ideals was the Republican Party founded?

6. How does Trump's character demonstrate justice or lack thereof, according to the author's assessment in Chapter 2?

7. What does Trump's response to the author's op-ed in the New York Time say about him?

8. What does the author remark regarding his/her thesis in the New York Times op-ed "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration" in the Introduction?

9. What is the "truth" about Trump's border wall presented by the author in Chapter 3?

10. To what does the author attribute Trump's fickleness of political party?

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