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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: The Good Fight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term G20 refers to which of the following?
(a) The 20 countries with the largest land area.
(b) The 20 countries with the largest militaries.
(c) The 20 countries with the largest waistlines.
(d) The 20 countries with the largest economies.

2. Which of the following does Obama select to head the Office of Management and Budget?
(a) Jared Bernstein.
(b) Peter Orszag.
(c) Christina Romer.
(d) Melody Barnes.

3. How many jobs lost does the October report released just after Obama’s election to the Presidency note?
(a) 240,000.
(b) 260,000.
(c) 270,000.
(d) 250,000.

4. The comment that Merkel “was now eyeing Sarkozy the way a mother eyes an unruly child” (343) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Litotes.

5. How many counties does Obama report Iowa has?
(a) 3.
(b) 254.
(c) 100.
(d) 99.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment, “I was like a young Walter Mitty; a Don Quixote with no Sancho Panza” (12) offers an example of which of the following?

2. In which of the following years does Obama note making his first attempt at winning political office?

3. Where does Obama note stopping first after leaving Cairo?

4. Michelle’s comment that “You have some magic beans, and you’re going to plant them, and overnight a huge beanstalk is going to grow high into the sky, and you’ll climb up the beanstalk, kill the giant who lives in the clouds, and then bring home a goose that lays golden eggs” (45) is an example of which of the following?

5. Which of the following meanings is attached to the acronym TARP in the memoir?

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