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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. Which of the following is included among Bush’s “axis of evil”?
(a) Taiwan.
(b) Laos.
(c) South Korea.
(d) North Korea.
2. The acronym ASEAN carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
(b) Association of Societies of Engineering, Aeronautics, and Naval Science.
(c) Assembly of Southern Electronic Architects and Navigators.
(d) Attention-Seeking Eager Armies of Nations.
3. Which of the following does Obama note meeting in Japan?
(a) Sanji Hayotama.
(b) Yukio Mishima.
(c) Hiraoka Kimitake.
(d) Yukio Hayotama.
4. By how many votes does the Affordable Care Act pass the House of Representatives?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.
5. Which of the following does Obama appoint Labor Secretary?
(a) Arne Duncan.
(b) Tom Vilsack.
(c) Hilda Solis.
(d) Jim Jones.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Obama note his first G20 summit takes place?
2. How many Senators vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Justice?
3. Which of the following does Obama note meeting in Myanmar?
4. Which of the following does Obama appoint Education Secretary?
5. Which of the following nicknames does Obama note John Brennan receives?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Obama note are the effects of the Spanish flu on the world?
2. What justification does Obama offer for sightseeing on foreign diplomatic visits?
3. Why, per Elie Wiesel, did the inmates at Auschwitz teach their children math, poetry, and history?
4. What does Obama describe as the “Michelle Effect” in the memoir?
5. What effects does Obama note the stresses of his second year in office have on his senior staffers?
6. What does Obama note as his reasons for wanting to engage Medvedev at his first G20 summit?
7. What reasons does Obama give for pressing strongly on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament?
8. What does Obama note are historical reasons midterm elections go poorly for the party in power?
9. To what does the “cap-and-trade” system of greenhouse gas reduction refer?
10. To what does the term “dignified transfer” refer in the memoir?
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