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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. Which of the following caucuses comes next after the New Hampshire primary?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Utah.
(d) Arizona.

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

3. In which of the following years does Obama first learn he is to be a father?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1996.

4. Obama’s comment that he “was from everywhere and nowhere at once, a combination of ill-fitting parts, like a platypus or some imaginary beast” (9) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

5. The passage in which Otis Moss confers with Obama, noting, “Those of us who were part of the movement, giants like Martin, lieutenants and foot soldiers like me…we are the Moses generation. […] You, Barack, are part of the Joshua generation” (122) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Paradox.

Short Answer Questions

1. By approximately how wide a margin does Obama win in his race for U.S. Senate?

2. Which of the following people does Obama employ as his campaign’s Iowa leader?

3. In which of the following years does Obama note marrying Michelle?

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

5. In what year does Obama note Toot was born?

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