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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. By how many points does Obama lose the Pennsylvania primary?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

2. The passage in which Otis Moss confers with Obama, noting, “Those of us who were part of the movement, giants like Martin, lieutenants and foot soldiers like me…we are the Moses generation. […] You, Barack, are part of the Joshua generation” (122) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Simile.
(d) Analogy.

3. Which of the following vessels does Obama note is dispatched to address piracy near Somalia in the days following his first G20 summit?
(a) USS Halyburton.
(b) USS Truxtun.
(c) USS Lassen.
(d) USS Mason.

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

5. Which of the following is Obama’s chief usher?
(a) Steve Rochon.
(b) Nate Emory.
(c) Quincy Jackson.
(d) Ray Rogers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The acronym IRGC carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?

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

3. Which of the following words does Obama note is a gaffe in Ames?

4. Which of the following does Obama select to become Treasury Secretary?

5. Approximately how many people in Philadelphia does Obama note died to the Spanish flu?

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