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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: The World as It Is.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many people in Philadelphia does Obama note died to the Spanish flu?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 14,000.
(c) 18,000.
(d) 16,000.

2. Which of the following performs at Obama’s Nobel ceremony?
(a) Yo-Yo Ma.
(b) Joe Lovano.
(c) Patti Austin.
(d) Esperanza Spalding.

3. By how wide a margin does Obama lose his race against Bobby Rush?
(a) 5 points.
(b) 30 points.
(c) 3 points.
(d) 50 points.

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) Simile.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

5. Which of the following songs does Obama have played following his formal acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination?
(a) “Proud to Be an American.”
(b) “Song for America.”
(c) “Only in America.”
(d) “Born in the USA.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following U.S. Presidents does Obama credit with the development of the West Wing?

2. Which of the following endorse Obama after the New Hampshire primary?

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

4. Which of the following rallies on Obama’s behalf in Iowa?

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

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