Barack Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Barack Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. "That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood" (5.1). What crisis is Obama referring to?
The financial crisis of 2008
The September 11th attacks
The war on terror
Russian interference in American elections
Q. "We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories" (12.6). Which of the following domestic policy topics is Obama talking about?
Energy
Health care
Gay marriage
Agriculture
Q. "Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short [...]" (13.1-2). Which rhetorical device is Obama using here?
Straw man argument
Enumeration
Hyperbole
Swagger
Q. "The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity, on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart" (15.5). What is gross domestic product?
The sum of all goods and services produced in the economy
The government's net tax revenue
The number of jobs in the country
The total garbage in a household
Q. "This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed, why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall; and why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served in a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath" (29.3). Here, Obama is talking about his father. Why might restaurants have refused service to Barack Obama Sr. during the 1950s?
Racial segregation
Wartime curfews
Sexual orientation
He was not a chill guy.