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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following does Obama ascribe the remark that “You can’t save trees by ignoring people” (487)?
(a) His wife.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

2. Which of the following is included among Bush’s “axis of evil”?
(a) Taiwan.
(b) South Korea.
(c) North Korea.
(d) Laos.

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

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

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

6. 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) Litotes.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

7. How many are reported dead in the Deepwater Horizon explosion?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 14.

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

9. On which of the following dates does Obama report delivering his first major anti-terrorism speech?
(a) 24 May.
(b) 21 May.
(c) 23 May.
(d) 22 May.

10. Which of the following does Obama note meeting in Myanmar?
(a) Htin Kyaw.
(b) Sanda Min.
(c) Thein Sein.
(d) Soe Win.

11. To which of the following does Obama note traveling in the five days following his first G20 summit?
(a) Turin, Italy.
(b) Strasbourg, France.
(c) Barcelona, Spain.
(d) Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

12. What is the vote in the House of Representatives on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act?
(a) 60-39.
(b) 237-192.
(c) 301-134.
(d) 218-217.

13. How many countries does Obama note participate in the UN?
(a) 193.
(b) 195.
(c) 222.
(d) 254.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following serves as Homeland Security Secretary?

2. Which of the following nicknames does Obama note John Brennan receives?

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

4. With which of the following does Obama meet while in India in his second year in office?

5. On what day does Obama receive word that he has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

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