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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. On what day does Obama receive word that he has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
2. Obama’s musing, “‘You’re like the guy in the circus,’ Michelle told me once, ‘just spinning plates at the end of a stick’” (565) offers an example of which of the following?
3. At which of the following sites does Obama report delivering his first major anti-terrorism speech?
4. How many are reported dead in the Deepwater Horizon explosion?
5. What is the title of the Rolling Stone profile of McChrystal?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Obama give for opposing repealing DADT via executive order?
2. What does Obama note are reasons he could expect some success in the midterm elections?
3. How does Obama explain the increasing number of regulatory agencies and delegation of authority to them by Congress?
4. Why, per Elie Wiesel, did the inmates at Auschwitz teach their children math, poetry, and history?
5. What does Obama note as providing the objectivity judicial review one needs to have to be reliable?
6. What does Obama cite as his impetus to finally quit smoking?
7. What ideas does Obama note concerning war in preparing his Nobel acceptance speech?
8. What does Obama note are historical reasons midterm elections go poorly for the party in power?
9. What “hard truths” does Obama note hoping to address in the “Muslim speech” (358-59)?
10. To what does the “cap-and-trade” system of greenhouse gas reduction refer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many sources attest to the presence of A Promised Land on the New York Times best-seller list. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the memoir? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
Part Three: Renegade is the single largest portion of the main text of the memoir (excluding front and back matter, as well as paratext). Is it also the most important? How is it / not?
Essay Topic 3
What is to be made of Obama’s frequent reports of consulting with the women in his life, particularly Michelle? What in the text suggests as much? How does it do so?
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