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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 does Obama select as Secretary of Health and Human Services?
(a) Kathleen Sebelius.
(b) Laura Klitzka.
(c) Nancy-Ann DeParle.
(d) Jeanne Lambrew.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day is the well at the bottom of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill capped?

2. How many pages does Obama report McChrystal’s assessment as being?

3. What is the vote in the Senate on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act?

4. Which of the following does Obama note meeting at Normandy?

5. Which of the following does Obama appoint Education Secretary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Obama note are the effects of the Spanish flu on the world?

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

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

4. What effects does Obama note the stresses of his second year in office have on his senior staffers?

5. What does Obama cite as his impetus to finally quit smoking?

6. What reasons does Obama give for replacing McChrystal with Petraeus?

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

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

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

10. What does Obama describe as the “Michelle Effect” in the memoir?

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