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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Obama note performing in Michelle’s American music series?
(a) Cardi B.
(b) Selena Quintanilla.
(c) Jennifer Lopez.
(d) Ariana Grande.

3. 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) 40 million barrels.
(c) 2 million barrels.
(d) 4 million barrels.

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

5. Which of the following performs at Obama’s Nobel ceremony?
(a) Esperanza Spalding.
(b) Yo-Yo Ma.
(c) Joe Lovano.
(d) Patti Austin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Obama make his first official presidential trip to Moscow?

2. The acronym HVD carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?

3. Approximately how many jobs does Obama note are gained in the March 2010 jobs report?

4. The acronym IRGC carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Obama note as his reasons for wanting to engage Medvedev at his first G20 summit?

2. To what does the term “dignified transfer” refer in the memoir?

3. What does Obama lament that Gates sees as “politics” that he sees as “democracy as it was supposed to work” (436-37)?

4. What ideas does Obama note concerning war in preparing his Nobel acceptance speech?

5. What reasons does Obama give for pressing strongly on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament?

6. Why, per Elie Wiesel, did the inmates at Auschwitz teach their children math, poetry, and history?

7. What recurring dream does Obama note having during his second year in office?

8. What justification does Obama offer for sightseeing on foreign diplomatic visits?

9. To what does the “cap-and-trade” system of greenhouse gas reduction refer?

10. When presented with notes about gender discrimination within his White House, what steps does Obama take to address the matter?

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