View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: In the Barrel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words does Obama note is a gaffe in Ames?
(a) Wasted.
(b) Spent.
(c) Expended.
(d) Killed.

2. To which of the following does Obama note traveling in the five days following his first G20 summit?
(a) Ostrava, Czech Republic.
(b) Baden, Germany.
(c) Warsaw, Poland.
(d) Geneva, Switzerland.

3. By how many points does Obama lose the Pennsylvania primary?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

4. What is the title of the Rolling Stone profile of McChrystal?
(a) “The Runaway General.”
(b) “The Republican Admiral."
(c) “The Runaway Bride."
(d) "The Renegade General.”

5. Which of the following does Obama appoint Education Secretary?
(a) Hilda Solis.
(b) Tom Vilsack.
(c) Jim Jones.
(d) Arne Duncan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Obama report is the motto of his campaign staff in Iowa?

2. Which of the following people does Obama employ as his campaign’s Iowa leader?

3. Which of the following songs does Obama have played following his formal acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination?

4. What is the vote in the Senate on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act?

5. The comment that Merkel “was now eyeing Sarkozy the way a mother eyes an unruly child” (343) offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 228 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample