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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Seven: On the High Wire and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The comment that “The phrases ‘bitter’ and ‘cling to guns or religion’ were easily remembered, like a hook in a pop song” (145) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Conceit.

2. The comment, “I was like a young Walter Mitty; a Don Quixote with no Sancho Panza” (12) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Metaphor.

3. The phrase “Renegade to Secondary Hold” (249) offer an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Simile.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. Which of the following serves as Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard?
(a) Mike Mullen.
(b) Ken Salazar.
(c) Thad Allen.
(d) Janet Napolitano.

5. The acronym ASEAN carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Association of Societies of Engineering, Aeronautics, and Naval Science.
(b) Assembly of Southern Electronic Architects and Navigators.
(c) Attention-Seeking Eager Armies of Nations.
(d) Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Obama note the filibuster began?

2. The acronym NAFTA carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?

3. The acronym COIN carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?

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

5. Which of the following performs at an Obama campaign event in Indianapolis?

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