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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 performs at an Obama campaign event in Indianapolis?
(a) Prince.
(b) Stevie Wonder.
(c) Ray Charles.
(d) John Legend.

2. 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?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Hyperbole.

3. How much of the vote in his primary election for the U.S. Senate does Obama report receiving?
(a) 63%.
(b) 58%.
(c) 53%.
(d) 68%.

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

5. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?
(a) Rand.
(b) Smith.
(c) Marx.
(d) Engels.

6. How many doors does Obama note the Oval Office has?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

8. How large is the “butter bust” of Obama’s head created by Norma Lyon?
(a) 23 feet.
(b) 23 tons.
(c) 23 inches.
(d) 23 pounds.

9. How many contests take place on Super Tuesday, per Obama?
(a) 22.
(b) 23.
(c) 21.
(d) 24.

10. How high does Obama note the unemployment rate reaches during his term in office?
(a) 10%.
(b) 7%.
(c) 9%.
(d) 8%.

11. In what year does Obama note the filibuster began?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1806.
(d) 1807.

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

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

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

15. Which of the following rallies on Obama’s behalf in Iowa?
(a) Vanessa Williams.
(b) Oprah Winfrey.
(c) Angela Bassett.
(d) Whoopi Goldberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. By how wide a margin does Obama report winning the Iowa caucus?

2. How many primary contests does Obama report winning in the weeks after Super Tuesday?

3. How many jobs lost does the October report released just after Obama’s election to the Presidency note?

4. Which of the following songs does Obama have played following his formal acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination?

5. How many pages does Obama report anticipating his memoir will take?

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