View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The acronym COIN carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Company ordinance, inter-agency necessity.
(b) Counterintelligence.
(c) Counterinsurgency.
(d) Co-occurring incidental needs.

2. Which of the following serves as Secretary of the Interior?
(a) Thad Allen.
(b) Ken Salazar.
(c) Janet Napolitano.
(d) Mike Mullen.

3. By how many votes does the Affordable Care Act pass the House of Representatives?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

4. How many people does Obama report Nidal Hasan kills?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

5. With which of the following does Obama meet while in India in his second year in office?
(a) Manmohan Singh.
(b) Khan Noonien Singh.
(c) Mahatma Gandhi.
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru.

6. Which of the following does Obama appoint climate czar?
(a) Carol Browner.
(b) Horace Greedly.
(c) Steven Chu.
(d) Lisa Jackson.

7. Which of the following serves as Homeland Security Secretary?
(a) Ken Salazar.
(b) Thad Allen.
(c) Janet Napolitano.
(d) Mike Mullen.

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

9. Tha acronym IAEA carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) International Athletic Exercise Agency.
(b) International Atomic Energy Agency.
(c) Interstate Access to Emergency Aid.
(d) Intercontinental Atomic Energy Association.

10. How many Senators vote to ratify Obama’s nuclear arms reduction treaty?
(a) 60.
(b) 67.
(c) 71.
(d) 26.

11. Which of the following is Obama’s Commerce Secretary?
(a) Tim Geithner.
(b) Michael McFaul.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) Gary Locke.

12. Which of the following does Obama note is grown in Michelle’s White House garden?
(a) Raspberries.
(b) Gooseberries.
(c) Boysenberries.
(d) Blueberries.

13. How much oil is reported to have leaked from the well at the bottom of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
(a) 4 million gallons.
(b) 2 million barrels.
(c) 40 million barrels.
(d) 4 million barrels.

14. Which of the following does Obama find in his accommodations in Saudi Arabia when he first notes visiting as President?
(a) Sapphire and diamond jewelry.
(b) Diamond and pearl jewelry.
(c) Ruby and diamond jewelry.
(d) Ruby and sapphire jewelry.

15. Which of the following does Obama select as Secretary of Health and Human Services?
(a) Jeanne Lambrew.
(b) Laura Klitzka.
(c) Kathleen Sebelius.
(d) Nancy-Ann DeParle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many people in Philadelphia does Obama note died to the Spanish flu?

2. Which of the following does Obama appoint Energy Secretary?

3. How many countries does Obama note participate in the UN?

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

5. Which of the following vessels does Obama note is dispatched to address piracy near Somalia in the days following his first G20 summit?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 397 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample