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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Obama appoint to lead the EPA?
(a) Steven Chu.
(b) Carol Browner.
(c) Horace Greedly.
(d) Lisa Jackson.

2. How many Afghan review sessions does Obama note holding?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

3. The acronym START carries what meaning in the memoir?
(a) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
(b) Society for Training and Reconnaissance Tactics.
(c) Settlement, Trade, and Reclamation Treaty.
(d) Selected and Targeted Analog Radio Therapy.

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

5. Which of the following serves as Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard?
(a) Ken Salazar.
(b) Janet Napolitano.
(c) Thad Allen.
(d) Mike Mullen.

6. What is the vote in the Senate on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act?
(a) 51-49.
(b) 60-39.
(c) 63-37.
(d) 237-192.

7. The acronym BRICS carries what meaning in the memoir?
(a) Business Regulation and Industrial Circumscription Syndicate.
(b) Belligerents, Rogues, Investigators, Charlatans, Scammers.
(c) Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.
(d) Basic Random Interference in Critical Systems.

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

9. At which of the following does Mubarak welcome Obama during his first noted visit as President?
(a) Qubba Palace.
(b) Ras el Tin Palace.
(c) Montaza Palace.
(d) Abdeen Palace.

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

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

12. Which of the following does Obama appoint Energy Secretary?
(a) Horace Greedly.
(b) Steven Chu.
(c) Carol Browner.
(d) Lisa Jackson.

13. Where does Obama note his first G20 summit takes place?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

14. 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?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Litotes.
(d) Analogy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Obama appoint climate czar?

2. How many are reported dead in the Massey Energy Upper Big Branch Mine incident?

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

4. Which of the following does Obama note meeting in Japan?

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

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