Quiz: George W. Bush And Memoir
Test your knowledge of the life and memoir of George W. Bush.
- 1.In his piece, George Packer says that “what’s remarkable about ‘Decision Points’ is how frequently and casually it leaves out facts, large and small,” including which of the following?
- A.
That Bush was wrong about there being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
- B.
That Bush lost the popular vote in the 2000 election
- C.
That Bush was an alcoholic
- D.
That there was immediate criticism of the Patriot Act
- 2.Who said that "memoir means when you put down the good things you ought to have done and leave out the bad ones you did do."
- A.
Mark Twain
- B.
Will Rogers
- C.
Gore Vidal
- D.
Frank McCourt
- 3.Where was Bush born?
- A.
New Haven, Connecticut
- B.
Midland, Texas
- C.
Houston, Texas
- D.
Andover, Massachusetts
- 4.What does the “W” stand for?
- A.
Walker
- B.
White
- C.
Winston
- D.
Wilson
- 5.Bush is the only President to hold an M.B.A. Who is the only President to hold a Ph.D.?
- A.
Calvin Coolidge
- B.
Harry Truman
- C.
Woodrow Wilson
- D.
William Howard Taft
- 6.Which of the following does George W. Bush mention on the first page of “Decision Points”?
- A.
Karl Rove, “Apollo 13,” and Ulysses S. Grant
- B.
Dick Cheney, “Caddyshack,” and Abraham Lincoln
- C.
Beer, bourbon, and brandy
- D.
BBQ, hunting, and football
- 7.Who, according to “Decision Points,” said “I voted for George W. Bush, even though he fired me”?
- A.
Lawrence Lindsey
- B.
Dan Bartlett
- C.
Karl Rove
- D.
Bobby Valentine
- 8.When Bush was considering running for President, who told him to “get over it. Make up your mind, and move on”?
- A.
His father, George
- B.
His mother, Barbara
- C.
His wife, Laura
- D.
Ronald Reagan
- 9.After Harriet Miers, who one critic said “isn’t qualified to play a Supreme Court justice on ‘The West Wing,’ ” withdrew from the running, whom did Bush nominate to fill Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s seat?
- A.
Sonia Sotomayor
- B.
Priscilla Owen
- C.
Samuel Alito
- D.
John Roberts
- 10.Whose memoir just won the National Book Award?
- A.
Keith Richards
- B.
Patti Smith
- C.
Condoleezza Rice
- D.
Nelson Mandela
- 11.Match the memoir to the First Lady behind it: “Living History”; “My Turn”; “The Times of My Life”; “Spoken from the Heart”
- A.
Nancy Reagan; Hillary Clinton; Laura Bush; Betty Ford
- B.
Nancy Reagan; Hillary Clinton; Betty Ford; Laura Bush
- C.
Hillary Clinton; Nancy Reagan; Betty Ford; Laura Bush
- D.
Betty Ford; Hillary Clinton; Nancy Reagan; Laura Bush
- 12.In his book, Bush recounts how, when he was a teen-ager, his mother had a miscarriage and handed him a jar with the fetus inside before he drove her to the hospital. What does Barbara Bush say?
- A.
The story is completely true
- B.
She actually drove herself to the hospital
- C.
She didn’t hand him the jar; the housekeeper did
- D.
She has no memory of this at all
- 13.Whose memoir makes the following statement about Bush: “I was asked recently which of the political leaders I had met had the most integrity. I listed George near the top. Some people were aghast... thinking I was joking.”
- A.
Karl Rove
- B.
Bill Clinton
- C.
Tony Blair
- D.
Laura Bush
- 14.What does Bush describe as “the worst moment of my presidency”?
- A.
The September 11th attacks
- B.
Making a speech about Iraq in 2003 in front of a banner that said “Mission Accomplished”
- C.
Learning about the torture at Abu Ghraib
- D.
Kanye West and others implying that his response to Hurricane Katrina was racist
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