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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Renegade.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many jobs lost does the October report released just after Obama’s election to the Presidency note?
(a) 270,000.
(b) 240,000.
(c) 260,000.
(d) 250,000.

2. Which of the following people does Obama employ as his campaign’s Iowa leader?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) Penny Pritzker.
(c) David Axelrod.
(d) Paul Tewes.

3. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Simile.

4. By how wide a margin does Obama report winning the Iowa caucus?
(a) 6 points.
(b) 7 points.
(c) 5 points.
(d) 8 points.

5. How high does Obama note the unemployment rate reaches during his term in office?
(a) 10%.
(b) 7%.
(c) 8%.
(d) 9%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michelle’s comment that “You have some magic beans, and you’re going to plant them, and overnight a huge beanstalk is going to grow high into the sky, and you’ll climb up the beanstalk, kill the giant who lives in the clouds, and then bring home a goose that lays golden eggs” (45) is an example of which of the following?

2. Which of the following meanings is attached to the acronym TARP in the memoir?

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

4. The comment, “It was less a transformation than an amplification, her essential ‘Miche-ness’ burnished to a high shine” (221) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Which of the following meanings is attached to the acronym FOB in the memoir?

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