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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 what day does Obama receive word that he has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 9 October 2010.
(b) 11 September 2011.
(c) 9 October 2009.
(d) 10 September 2009.

2. Which of the following does Obama appoint Agriculture Secretary?
(a) Tom Vilsack.
(b) Hilda Solis.
(c) Jim Jones.
(d) Arne Duncan.

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

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

5. How many Senators vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Justice?
(a) 51.
(b) 79.
(c) 68.
(d) 62.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Obama note his first G20 summit takes place?

2. Which of the following nicknames does Obama note John Brennan receives?

3. At which of the following does Mubarak welcome Obama during his first noted visit as President?

4. To which of the following does Obama ascribe the remark that “You can’t save trees by ignoring people” (487)?

5. How many Senators vote to ratify Obama’s nuclear arms reduction treaty?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What reasons does Obama give for opposing repealing DADT via executive order?

8. What does Obama note wanting to say about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill when asked about it in May 2010?

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

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

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