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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The acronym BRICS carries what meaning in the memoir?
(a) Belligerents, Rogues, Investigators, Charlatans, Scammers.
(b) Business Regulation and Industrial Circumscription Syndicate.
(c) Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.
(d) Basic Random Interference in Critical Systems.

3. The acronym HVD carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Hurricane victim detailer.
(b) High-value deal.
(c) High-value detainee.
(d) Humvee dealer.

4. Which of the following vessels does Obama note is dispatched to address piracy near Somalia in the days following his first G20 summit?
(a) USS Lassen.
(b) USS Mason.
(c) USS Truxtun.
(d) USS Halyburton.

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

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

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

8. What is the title of the Rolling Stone profile of McChrystal?
(a) "The Renegade General.”
(b) “The Republican Admiral."
(c) “The Runaway Bride."
(d) “The Runaway General.”

9. 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) Litotes.
(d) Analogy.

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

11. Which of the following vessels does Obama note is dispatched to address piracy near Somalia in the days following his first G20 summit?
(a) USS Chung-Hoon.
(b) USS Farragut.
(c) USS Arleigh Burke.
(d) USS Bainbridge.

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

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

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

15. Which of the following does Obama note held a majority in Maliki’s Iraq?
(a) Kurds.
(b) Shiites.
(c) Yazidis.
(d) Sunnis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which of the following does Obama note traveling in the five days following his first G20 summit?

3. The acronym ASEAN carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?

4. How much oil is reported to have leaked from the well at the bottom of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?

5. Approximately how many people in Philadelphia does Obama note died to the Spanish flu?

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