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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 does the author say is "the fairest way to describe the president's attitude toward our enemies" in Chapter 5 (167)?
(a) Resolution.
(b) Determined ambition.
(c) Absolute distrust.
(d) Willful ignorance.

2. 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?
(a) May 2018.
(b) June 2019.
(c) May 2017.
(d) July 2017.

3. 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.

4. What term refers to an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly?
(a) Caucus.
(b) Filibuster.
(c) Grandstand.
(d) Outlay.

5. Who wrote Deep State Target: How I Got Caught in the Crosshairs of the Plot to Bring Down President Trump?
(a) Jerome Corsi.
(b) Scott Pruitt.
(c) Jerome Powell.
(d) George Papadopoulos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Deep State: How an Army of Elected Bureaucrats Protected Barack Obama and Is Working to Destroy the Trump Agenda?

2. 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)?

3. When did the president of the European Council tweet "Looking at the latest decisions of @realDonaldTrump someone could even think: with friends like that who needs enemies" (179)?

4. Who said a quarter century ago that America would be "the greatest and most powerful nation, but a nation with peers" (156)?

5. Who described Cleon as "the man who, with his attacks, corrupted the Athenians more than anyone else" (184)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Ukraine scandal demonstrate, according to the author in Chapter 5?

2. What was notable about Trump tweeting a photo of a failed Iranian missile launch in the summer of 2019?

3. The author presents a number of books written recently about the Deep State. What points are made in these books?

4. What is referred to as the "New Mason-Dixon Line" in Chapter 6?

5. The author states that the legislative branch is the first enumerated in the Constitution in Article I for a reason. Why?

6. What threats are presented through Donald Trump's affinity for autocrats, according to the author?

7. What is NATO?

8. Who was Cleon and how is he compared with Trump?

9. How did President Trump respond to the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi? Why?

10. For what did Michael Cohen go to prison?

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