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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Yes We Can.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Metaphor.

2. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?
(a) Brontë.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Austen.
(d) Woolf.

3. The comment that “The phrases ‘bitter’ and ‘cling to guns or religion’ were easily remembered, like a hook in a pop song” (145) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Analogy.

4. How long does Obama report anticipating composing his memoir will take?
(a) Half a year.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.

5. On which day does Super Tuesday fall during Obama’s primary campaign?
(a) 29 January.
(b) 12 February.
(c) 5 February.
(d) 19 February.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following groups does Obama report having listened prior to his presidential campaign?

2. What does Obama note is his average margin of victory in the weeks after Super Tuesday?

3. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?

4. How large is the “butter bust” of Obama’s head created by Norma Lyon?

5. Which of the following songs does Obama have played following his formal acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination?

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