Question. Bill Clinton, whose father ....... a few months before he was born, wanted to be President from a very early age.
(a) passed out
(b) passed through
(c) passed away
(d) passed up
Answer. C
Question. Clinton defied his critics by surviving an ....... of personal scandals.
(a) arraign
(b) array
(c) arrant
(d) arrow
Answer. B
Question. Clinton ....... himself as a "New Democrat" and has frequently been referred to as the "Comeback Kid."
(a) fashioned
(b) dressed
(c) clothed
(d) clad
Answer. A
Question. In 1978, at the age of thirty-two, Bill Clinton became the youngest governor in the ....... and in Arkansas history.
(a) nation
(b) native
(c) nativity
(d) national
Answer. A
Question. As President-elect, Clinton vowed to focus on economic issues like a "laser beam," working especially to overcome the ....... growth of the American economy.
(a) slugger
(b) sluggish
(c) slummy
(d) slurry
Answer. B
Question. Clinton suffered two major ....... during his administration.
(a) quarterbacks
(b) outbacks
(c) setbacks
(d) comebacks
Answer. C
Question. Clinton's partner in his political ....... and marriage, Hillary Rodham Clinton, emerged as a key player in his administration.
(a) career
(b) job
(c) trade
(d) work
Answer. A
Question. Future history books may well begin by noting that Bill Clinton was the second President to have been ....... by the U.S. House of Representatives.
(a) beseeched
(b) reached
(c) impeached
(d) preached
Answer. C
Question. Clinton had a significant influence on the ....... of the Democratic Party.
(a) road
(b) path
(c) direction
(d) course
Answer. C
Question. Clinton succeeded in brokering peace negotiations in Northern Ireland between ....... Catholics and Protestants.
(a) sparring
(b) warring
(c) barring
(d) jarring
Answer. B