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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. Which of the following code-names is assigned to the suspected Bin Laden in Abbottabad during the raid on it?
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) Geronimo.
(c) The Pace.
(d) The Strider.

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

3. Which of the following is the last person Obama notes in his acknowledgments?
(a) Michelle Obama.
(b) Carol Poticny.
(c) Michele Norris-Johnson.
(d) Elizabeth Alexander.

4. On which of the following towns’ names does Obama focus pronunciation efforts?
(a) Ottumwa.
(b) Lamoni.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) Waterloo.

5. How deep is the Deepwater Horizon well drilled?
(a) 4,130 feet.
(b) 18,293 feet.
(c) 35,055 feet.
(d) 22,672 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Obama note held a majority in Maliki’s Iraq?

2. Approximately how long does Obama note the Oval Office is?

3. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?

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

5. 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?

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