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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The acronym HVD carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Hurricane victim detailer.
(b) Humvee dealer.
(c) High-value deal.
(d) High-value detainee.

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

3. How many detainees does Obama note were held at Guantánamo Bay when he took office?
(a) 342.
(b) 242.
(c) 142.
(d) 42.

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

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

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. On which day does the Underwear Bomber attempt an attack?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Boxing Day.

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

9. The acronym NAFTA carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) North American Free Trade Agreement.
(b) National Association of Free Thinkers, Assembled.
(c) Never agree for the advantage.
(d) National Assembly for the Autistic.

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

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

12. Obama’s musing, “‘You’re like the guy in the circus,’ Michelle told me once, ‘just spinning plates at the end of a stick’” (565) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Litotes.

13. The comment, “Others flashed a single-fingered salute” (403) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Anaphora.

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

15. On what day does Obama receive word that he has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 10 September 2009.
(b) 9 October 2009.
(c) 11 September 2011.
(d) 9 October 2010.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Obama note meeting in Myanmar?

2. Which of the following does Obama appoint to lead the EPA?

3. Which of the following serves as Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard?

4. How many Senators vote to ratify Obama’s nuclear arms reduction treaty?

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

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