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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: In the Barrel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Obama appoint to lead the EPA?
(a) Carol Browner.
(b) Horace Greedly.
(c) Lisa Jackson.
(d) Steven Chu.

2. Which of the following appellations does Obama give to the Presidential Limousine?
(a) The Tank.
(b) The Imperator.
(c) The Safe.
(d) The Beast.

3. Which of the following does Obama select to head the Office of Management and Budget?
(a) Jared Bernstein.
(b) Christina Romer.
(c) Peter Orszag.
(d) Melody Barnes.

4. Which of the following does Obama report the Clinton campaign learned about his Kindergarten in Indonesia?
(a) He had written an essay about wanting to be President.
(b) He had written an essay about wanting to be Pope.
(c) He had written an essay about wanting to be a physician.
(d) He had written an essay about wanting to be a Senator.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. How deep is the Deepwater Horizon well drilled?

5. How high does Obama note the unemployment rate reaches during his term in office?

(see the answer key)

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