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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following endorse Obama after the New Hampshire primary?
(a) Claire McCaskill.
(b) Kathleen Blanco.
(c) Ann Richards.
(d) Michelle Bachmann.

2. Obama’s comment that he “was from everywhere and nowhere at once, a combination of ill-fitting parts, like a platypus or some imaginary beast” (9) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Allegory.

3. How many days pass between the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

4. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in high school?
(a) Gogol.
(b) Pushkin.
(c) Solovyov.
(d) Dostoyevsky.

5. 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) Conceit.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Simile.

6. Which of the following endorse Obama after the New Hampshire primary?
(a) Bernie Sanders.
(b) Mitt Romney.
(c) Ted Kennedy.
(d) John Kerry.

7. How many pages does Obama report anticipating his memoir will take?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 750.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,250.

8. Which of the following words does Obama note is a gaffe in Ames?
(a) Killed.
(b) Wasted.
(c) Expended.
(d) Spent.

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

10. In which of the following years does Obama note entering Harvard Law School?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1988.

11. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?
(a) Woolf.
(b) Austen.
(c) Shelley.
(d) Brontë.

12. Which of the following preaches a service for the Obamas on the morning of Inauguration Day?
(a) Jeremiah Wright.
(b) John Hagee.
(c) Otis Moss.
(d) TD Jakes.

13. By approximately how wide a margin does Obama win in his race for U.S. Senate?
(a) 3 points.
(b) 4 points.
(c) 40 points.
(d) 30 points.

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

15. From which of the following does Obama note his grandmother’s nickname comes?
(a) English for “A horn’s sound.”
(b) Hawaiian for “A horn’s sound.”
(c) Hawaiian for “Grandma.”
(d) Swahili for “Grandma.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment, “The presidency is like a new car. It starts depreciating the minute you drive it off the lot” (233) is an example of which of the following?

2. In what year does Obama note Toot was born?

3. In which of the following hotels does Obama note staying while campaigning for the presidency?

4. How long does Obama note that Ed Thomas had worked at the White House?

5. Which of the following caucuses comes next after the New Hampshire primary?

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