Read the passage. Dan read the autobiography of a famous scientist. He loved reading the scientist’s description of his life’s work. Dan wanted to get the scientist to sign the book. He decided that his best chance of getting a signature would be at the scientist's autograph session at the library.

The word root auto means self. What is the best definition of autobiography as it is used in the passage?

a self-written life story
a self-scheduled session
a self-selected book from the library
a self-written signature on an item

Where did the term “iron curtain” originate? the warsaw pact used the term iron curtain as a code word for communism. in a 1946 speech, british prime minister winston churchill said an iron curtain had fallen across the continent of europe. while visiting western europe in 1946, u.s. president harry truman commented that the mountains there looked like iron curtains. russian general secretary joseph stalin instructed citizens of eastern europe to hang iron curtains over their windows to protect themselves from stray bullets.