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

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

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

4. Which of the following serves as Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard?
(a) Mike Mullen.
(b) Ken Salazar.
(c) Janet Napolitano.
(d) Thad Allen.

5. Which of the following does Obama note performing in Michelle’s American music series?
(a) Clifton Chenier.
(b) Lead Belly.
(c) Ray Charles.
(d) BB King.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Obama note performing in Michelle’s American music series?

3. How many Senators vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Justice?

4. Which of the following performs at Obama’s Nobel ceremony?

5. Which of the following does Obama note meeting in Japan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What justification does Obama note for the vitriol of the Tea Party?

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

3. What parts of the UN Charter does Obama note matched his mother’s viewpoint?

4. How does Obama explain the increasing number of regulatory agencies and delegation of authority to them by Congress?

5. What reasons does Obama give for approving of some of his predecessor’s counterterrorism initiatives?

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

7. What does Obama note are historical reasons midterm elections go poorly for the party in power?

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

9. What does Obama note are reasons he could expect some success in the midterm elections?

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

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