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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: In the Barrel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Analogy.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Allegory.

2. The acronym HARP carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) High Altitude Recovery Protocol.
(b) Home Affordable Refinance Program.
(c) Horn Association for Republican Progress.
(d) Heroic Actors’ Residence, Poughkeepsie.

3. Which of the following endorses Obama after the South Carolina primary?
(a) Ted Ruxpin.
(b) Ted Lieu.
(c) Ted Cruz.
(d) Ted Kennedy.

4. How many detainees does Obama note were held at Guantánamo Bay when he took office?
(a) 342.
(b) 42.
(c) 142.
(d) 242.

5. To which of the following does Obama note traveling in the five days following his first G20 summit?
(a) Baden, Germany.
(b) Ostrava, Czech Republic.
(c) Warsaw, Poland.
(d) Geneva, Switzerland.

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. To which of the following does Obama note traveling in the five days following his first G20 summit?

3. How many Senators vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Justice?

4. On which day does Super Tuesday fall during Obama’s primary campaign?

5. How many jobs lost does the October report released just after Obama’s election to the Presidency note?

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