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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 acronym START carries what meaning in the memoir?
(a) Society for Training and Reconnaissance Tactics.
(b) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
(c) Settlement, Trade, and Reclamation Treaty.
(d) Selected and Targeted Analog Radio Therapy.

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

3. The comment, “From day one, it felt like the middle of Times Square” (82) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Simile.
(d) Oxymoron.

4. On what day does Obama note the Iowa caucus takes place?
(a) 24 January.
(b) 17 January.
(c) 3 January.
(d) 10 January.

5. Which of the following does Obama note is grown in Michelle’s White House garden?
(a) Boysenberries.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) Raspberries.
(d) Gooseberries.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?

2. 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?

3. By how many points does Obama lose the Pennsylvania primary?

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

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

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