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. How deep is the Deepwater Horizon well drilled?
(a) 4,130 feet.
(b) 35,055 feet.
(c) 22,672 feet.
(d) 18,293 feet.

2. The acronym IRGC carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
(b) Iraqi Revolutionary Guard Corps.
(c) Indian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
(d) Israeli Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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

4. Obama’s comment that he “was from everywhere and nowhere at once, a combination of ill-fitting parts, like a platypus or some imaginary beast” (9) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

5. At which of the following sites does Obama report delivering his first major anti-terrorism speech?
(a) The National Mall.
(b) The Oval Office.
(c) The Capitol Rotunda.
(d) The National Archives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Obama find in his accommodations in Saudi Arabia when he first notes visiting as President?

2. Which of the following is included among Bush’s “axis of evil”?

3. The comment, “Hope and change were a luxury, folks seemed to be telling us, exotic imports that would wilt in the heat” (127) offers an example of which of the following?

4. The comment, “On the biggest of stages, on an issue that mattered and with the clock ticking, I’d pulled a rabbit out of a hat” (515) offers an example of which of the following?

5. By how wide a margin does Obama lose his race against Bobby Rush?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 261 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample