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

2. The comment, “Hope and change were a luxury, folks seemed to be telling us, exotic imports that would wilt in the heat” (127) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Paradox.

3. Tha acronym IAEA carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Interstate Access to Emergency Aid.
(b) International Atomic Energy Agency.
(c) Intercontinental Atomic Energy Association.
(d) International Athletic Exercise Agency.

4. How many primary contests does Obama report winning in the weeks after Super Tuesday?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

5. Which of the following nations signed on to the Kyoto Protocol?
(a) Vatican City.
(b) North Korea.
(c) United States.
(d) Afghanistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters does Obama note is depicted at the Iowa caucus?

2. How much of the vote in his primary election for the U.S. Senate does Obama report receiving?

3. The acronym HARP carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?

4. Which of the following does Obama appoint Labor Secretary?

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

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