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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. How large is the “butter bust” of Obama’s head created by Norma Lyon?
(a) 23 inches.
(b) 23 tons.
(c) 23 feet.
(d) 23 pounds.

2. Which of the following meanings is attached to the acronym TARP in the memoir?
(a) Temporary Assistance for Relocating People.
(b) Throw Away Round Pegs.
(c) Troubled Asset Relief Program.
(d) Turn Around the Republican Party.

3. What does Obama note is his average margin of victory in the weeks after Super Tuesday?
(a) 40%.
(b) 36%.
(c) 48%.
(d) 44%.

4. Whom does Obama note moderated the Democratic debate at Drake University?
(a) Geraldo Rivera.
(b) George Stephanopoulos.
(c) Regis Philbin
(d) Chris Dowd.

5. Which of the following words does Obama note is a gaffe in Ames?
(a) Wasted.
(b) Spent.
(c) Expended.
(d) Killed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On which of the following towns’ names does Obama focus pronunciation efforts?

3. How many pages does Obama report anticipating his memoir will take?

4. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?

5. 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?

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