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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. 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?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Litotes.
(d) Metaphor.

2. Which of the following does Obama select to head the Council of Economic Advisers?
(a) Jared Bernstein.
(b) Melody Barnes.
(c) Peter Orszag.
(d) Christina Romer.

3. In what month does Obama make his first official presidential trip to Moscow?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) July.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Obama report are the colors of his high school?

2. Which of the following endorses Obama after the South Carolina primary?

3. How many pages does Obama report McChrystal’s assessment as being?

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

5. In which of the following cities does Obama note announcing his presidential candidacy?

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